Minimizing life cycle cost by managing product reliability via validation plan and warranty return cost

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 796-807

  Kleyner, Andre ^a   Sandborn, Peter ^b  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive; Life cycle cost; Reliability; Validation; Warranty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

DEPENDABILITY; LIFE CYCLE COST;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 39649110848     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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