A Joint Inspection-Based Preventive Maintenance and Spare Ordering Optimization Policy Using a Three-Stage Failure Process

Separated decision-making for maintenance and spare ordering is unrealistic in the industry, so this paper aims to optimize them together. A joint policy of inspection-based preventive maintenance (PM) and spare ordering considering two modes of spare ordering, namely, a regular order and an emergen...

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Main Authors: Fei Zhao, Fengfeng Xie, Chenghua Shi, Jianshe Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8319485