Reducing risks in spare parts service contracts with a long downtime constraint

Design of BOM configuration for reducing spare parts logistic costs

Design of BOM configuration for reducing spare parts logistic costs Muh-Cherng Wu and Yang-Kang Hsu Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, ROC Abstract This paper proposes an approach to reduce the total operational cost of a spare part logistic system by appropriately designing the BOM (bill of material) configuration. A spare par...

Reducing Costs of Spare Parts Supply Systems via Static Priorities

We study static repair priorities in a system consisting of one repair shop and one stockpoint, where spare parts of multiple repairables are kept on stock to serve an installed base of technical systems. Demands for ready-for-use parts occur according to Poisson processes, and are accompanied by returns of failed parts. The demands are met from stock if possible, and otherwise they are backord...

Service differentiation in spare parts supply through dedicated stocks

Car Service Spare Parts Procurement Process Improvements Based on SOA

There are many kinds of automobile after-sale service spare parts, which are with a complex relationship in replacement and a large time span in models. The management of automobile after-sale service spare parts is a challenge, not only for automobile manufacturer but also for distributor. Therefore, it becomes an important and difficult task for automobile enterprises to do well in the supply...

Closed-loop Supply Chain Inventory-location Problem with Spare Parts in a Multi-Modal Repair Condition

In this paper, a closed-loop location-inventory problem for spare parts is presented. The proposed supply chain network includes two echelons, namely (1) distribution centers (DCs) and repairing centers (RCs) and (2) operational bases. Multiple spare parts are distributed among operational bases from distribution centers in the forward supply chain and failed spare parts from operational bases ...