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A product warranty is an agreement offered by a producer to a consumer to replace or repair a faulty item, or to partially or fully reimburse the consumer in the event of a failure. Warranties are very widespread and serve many purposes, including protection for producer, seller, and consumer. They are used as signals of quality and as elements of marketing strategies. In this study we review t...

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warranty as a kind of service contract today plays a role key in business and legal transactions. in this paper, we present a manufacturer, an agent and a customer's model under different service contracts suggestions. the manufacturer's profit is maximized by determining sale price, warranty period and warranty price. in addition we obtain optimal maintenance cost or repair cost for ...

The expansion of the white goods industry is directly related to level consumer contentment, quality after-sale care, and likelihood future product purchases. To ensure customer happiness, businesses must do things like promptly replacing broken components throughout product's warranty term providing straightforward instructions for obtaining assistance. It crucial companies selling consumables...

in today’s fiercely competitive products market, product warranty has started playing an important role. currently, a large number of products are being sold with warranty policies in the form of free replacement warranty, pro-rata warranty, and combined warranty policies. pro-rata warranties are relatively a complex concept. the modeling of failures during the warranty period and the costs for...

1We thank J. Sartin and T. Elsasser for providing access to their data and L. Hulbert for technical assistance with anatomical figures. 2Mention of trade names or proprietary products does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by the USDA and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. 3Some data presented within tables and figures o...

Welch, R. M., Cary, E. E., J. Agric. Food Chem. 23, 479 (1975). of Agriculture Cooperative Agreement No. 12-14-100-11,178 (61), Amendment 1. Mention of a trademark or proprietary product does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product by the US. Department of Agriculture, and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may also be suitable. Received for review...

currently, a large number of products are being sold with warranty policies. pro-rata warranties are relatively a complex concept. this paper focuses on developing a new pro-rata warranty policy. in this model components of the product are grouped into two disjointed sets, failures of components belonging to set one are covered by prw warranty and those components that belonging to set two are ...

Warranty is a powerful implement for marketing strategy that is used by manufacturersand creates satisfaction for consumers by ensuring to compensate for incorrect operation of the product. Warranty serviceresults ina cost named warranty cost for a manufacturer.This cost is a function of warranty policy, regions, and product failures pattern. Since this service coversthe cost of uncertain failu...