Hazard rate models for early detection of reliability problems using information from warranty databases and upstream supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-195

  Zhou, Chongwen ^a   Chinnam, Ratna Babu ^b   Korostelev, Alexander ^b  

^a No 6 Industrial Building   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection; Hazard rate; Proportional hazard model; Supply chain; Warranty

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS; COVARIATES; HAZARD RATE MODEL; HAZARD RATES; LEADTIME; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODELS; REAL WORLD DATA; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; WARRANTY;

HAZARDS; INFORMATION USE; RELIABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

EID: 84863213473     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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