Spare Parts Inventory Control Under System Availability Constraints

This book focuses on the tactical planning level for spare parts management. It describes a series of multi-item inventory models and presents exact and heuristic optimization methods, including greedy heuristics that work well for real, life-sized problems. The intended audience consists of graduate students, starting scholars in the field of spare parts inventory control, and spare parts planning specialists in the industry. In individual chapters the authors consider topics including: a basic single-location model; single-location models with multiple machine types and/or machine groups; the multi-location model with lateral transshipments; the classical METRIC model and its generalization to multi-indenture systems; and a single-location model with an explicit modeling of the repair capacity for failed parts and the priorities that one can set there. Various chapters of the book are used in a master course at Eindhoven University of Technology and in a PhD course of the Graduate Program Operations Management and Logistics (a Dutch network that organizes PhD courses in the field of OM&L). The required pre-knowledge consists of probability theory and basic knowledge of Markov processes and queuing theory. End-of-chapter problems appear for all chapters, with some answers appearing in an appendix.

This comprehensive Handbook provides an overview of state-of-the-art research on quantitative models for inventory management. Despite over half a century’s progress, inventory management remains a challenge, as evidenced by the recent Covid-19 pandemic. With an expanse of world-renowned inventory scholars from major international research universities, this Handbook explores key areas including mathematical modelling, the interplay of inventory decisions and other business decisions and the unique challenges posed to multiple industries.

Offers a holistic approach to guiding product design, manufacturing, and after-sales support as the manufacturing industry transitions from a product-oriented model to service-oriented paradigm This book provides fundamental knowledge and best industry practices in reliability modelling, maintenance optimization, and service parts logistics planning. It aims to develop an integrated product-service system (IPSS) synthesizing design for reliability, performance-based maintenance, and spare parts inventory. It also presents a lifecycle reliability-inventory optimization framework where reliability, redundancy, maintenance, and service parts are jointly coordinated. Additionally, the book aims to report the latest advances in reliability growth planning, maintenance contracting and spares inventory logistics under non-stationary demand condition. Reliability Engineering and Service provides in-depth chapter coverage of topics such as: Reliability Concepts and Models; Mean and Variance of Reliability Estimates; Design for Reliability; Reliability Growth Planning; Accelerated Life Testing and Its Economics; Renewal Theory and Superimposed Renewals; Maintenance and Performance-Based Logistics; Warranty Service Models; Basic Spare Parts Inventory Models; Repairable Inventory Systems; Integrated Product-Service Systems (IPPS), and Resilience Modeling and Planning Guides engineers to design reliable products at a low cost Assists service engineers in providing superior after-sales support Enables managers to respond to the changing market and customer needs Uses end-of-chapter case studies to illustrate industry best practice Lifecycle approach to reliability, maintenance and spares provisioning Reliability Engineering and Service is an important book for graduate engineering students, researchers, and industry-based reliability practitioners and consultants.

This book provides an overview of important trends and developments in logistics and supply chain research, making them available to practitioners, while also serving as a point of reference for academicians. Operations and logistics are cornerstones of modern supply chains that in turn are essential for global business and economics. The composition, character and importance of supply chains and networks are rapidly changing, due to technological innovations such as Information and Communication Technologies, Sensors and Robotics, Internet of Things, and Additive Manufacturing, to name a few (often referred to as Industry 4.0). Societal developments such as environmental consciousness, urbanization or the optimal use of scarce resources are also impacting how supply chain networks are configured and operated. As a result, future supply chains will not just be assessed in terms of cost-effectiveness and speed, but also the need to satisfy agility, resilience and sustainability requirements. To face these challenges, an understanding of the basic as well as more advanced concepts and recent innovations is essential in building competitive and sustainable supply chains and, as part of that, logistics and operations. These span multiple disciplines and geographies, making them interdisciplinary and international. Therefore, this book contains contributions and views from a variety of experts from multiple countries, and combines management, engineering as well as basic information technology and social concepts. In particular, it aims to: provide a comprehensive guide for all relevant and major logistics, operations, and supply chain management topics in teaching and business practice address three levels of expertise, i.e., concepts and principles at a basic (undergraduate, BS) level, more advanced topics at a graduate level (MS), and finally recent (state-of-the-art) developments at a research level. In particular the latter serve to present a window on current and future (potential) logistics innovations in the different thematic fields for both researchers and top business practitioners integrate a textbook approach with matching case studies for effective teaching and learning discuss multiple international perspectives in order to represent adequately the true global nature of operations, logistics and supply chains.

ICAEMM2016 is an annual international conference that aims to present research outcomes undertaken in applied engineering, materials and mechanics. The book is a collection of 48 selected peer-reviewed articles, organized into three main chapters — advanced materials and power energy theory and studies; management technology and construction engineering applications; and mechanical and hydrology engineering design and applications. This conference brings together scientists, scholars, engineers and students from universities, research institutes and industries all over the world to share their latest research results. The conference also fosters collaboration among organizations and researchers alike in the areas of applied mechanics and materials science. Contents:The Mechanical Properties of SS400C3 Plate by CSP Produced Under the Hot Rolled Pickled Deep Drawing (Y X Liu, Y J Meng, W X Li, X Guan and B Yang)Effect of Extrusion Deformation on Microstructure Evolution of Spray-Formed 7055 Aluminum Alloy (Y Z Xiang, J S Qiao, P J Wang and H Zhang)Innovation Design of Flexible Manipulator by TRIZ (G H Gao and H Wang)Application of TRIZ Contradiction Theory in Innovative Design of the Potted Filling Soil Mechanism (G H Gao and F Li)Institutional Analysis of the Development and Policy on Sino–US Energy on Saving and New Energy Vehicles (W J Wu and L J Zhu)Improved Performance of LiCoO2 Cathode Enabled by Electrode Sputtering Coating with Al2O3 (X Y Dai, Y T Lu, A J Zhou, L P Wang, C Fan and J Z Li)Antimicrobial Finishing of Polyester Fabrics Using Silica Nanoparticles ( Weeranuch Kanjanapiboon, Supakit Achiwawanich, Potjanart Suwanruji and Jantip Setthayanond)Preparation and Characterization of Manganese Dioxide (MnO2) as a Cathode Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (Duangkamon Phuakkhaw, Atchana Wongchaisuwat, Siree Tangbunsuk and Pinsuda Viravathana)Numerical Simulation of the Energy Deposition in the HIPIB Irradiating Process of Ti Target (Ming Gao, Rui Hou, Yong You and Mengru Lv)Research on the Performance of the Offshore-Platform Air Filter Based on the Porous Medium Model (N Ye, T Sun, C-J Sun and Z-W Ma)Analysis of the Reasons Behind the Fracture of the 220kV Pipe Busbar Horizontal Line Clamp (Liu, Z-B Fan and M D Gao)Analysis of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Diesel Common Rail Engines and Finding the Correlation Between Velocity and Emissions in the Cases of Lancia Thesis and Citroen C4 (Lorenc Malka, Andonaq Londo, Alemayehug Gebremedhin and Klodian Dhoska)Effect of Na2O on Acid Resistance of Alumina-based Ceramic Proppant (J L Ma, B L Wu and T T Wu)The Application of Digital Technologies in Furniture Design (Jun Wang and Zhi Hui Wu)Research on the Bored Pile Construction Technique of Alternating Screw Drills and Percussion Drills (J-Y Shao, X-M Cao and Y-L Song)Research on Construction Technology of Color Steel Plate Roof in Situ Profiling and Installation (S Zhu, H-P Wang and X-X Meng)Study on a Flexible Manipulator Platform (G-H Gap and M Y Song)Effect of Pore Solution Alkalinity of Fly Ash-Cement Mixture on ASTM C 1260/C 1567 Mortar Bar Expansion (C-S Shon and Dan G Zollinger)Effect of Vibration Mixing on Performance of Recycled Concrete (S L Wang, S M Zhang, M M Zhang and W Liu)Research on Mechanical Strength and Residual Stress in Friction Stir Welds of Spatial 3-D Circular Structure (X C Song, F Cui, J S Gao, X S Feng and L J Guo)Cracking Pattern Analysis of Concrete Pavement on Asphalt Stabilized Base and Econo-Crete Base (Q Wang and L Qi)A Review of Coastal Hazard Management Performances (K H Kim and W Agnes)Mode Confusion for Estimating the Longitudinal Thermal Stress of Continuously Welded Rail (R Wang, Z J Yu and L Q Zhu)Investigation of Pore Size Distribution in Cement Paste Using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry and Backscattered Electron Image Analysis (S X Feng and X G Sun)Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Specimen Using MMO Ti-Mesh Anode (J-A Jeong and E-S Jeong)The Unascertained Regression Analysis Method and Its Application in Building Material Sales Prediction (J L Chen and H B Zhang)Research on Inventory Control for Equipment Maintenance Spare Parts (X M Zhang, W Wu and H Z Ren)Impact of Environmental Regulation on Corporate Environmental Investment (Heng Ma and Jun Zhang)Using Frequency Sweep Strain Control to Study the Rheological Properties of Malaysian's Asphalt Binder (Mohammed Hadi Nahi, Ibrahim Kamaruddin, Salah E Zoorob and Madzlan Napiah)Numerical Simulation of Heated Concrete Failure on the Levels of the Meso-Structure (W H Wang and C Wang)Analysis of Warping Deformation of Laser Bracket Based on Moldflow (Weidong Wang, Song Jishun, Chen and Jiangping)Prediction Deterioration of Insulation Process Based on the Partial Discharge Thermal Fluctuation Theory (M N Dubyago, N K Poluyanovich and D V Burkov)A File Storage Service on a Cloud Computing Environment for Digital Libraries (Liu Jing)A Design Procedure for the Hinge System in a Heavy Foldable Container (Y-S Lee, D-K Lee and S-H Yoon)Viable Seismic Strengthening Solutions for RC Wide Beam-Column Joints (A Masi, G Santarsiero, A Mossucca and D Nigro)Optimization of Gas Turbine Fir-Tree Attachment Based on Redesigning the Transition Area with Double-Arc and Spline Curve (H M Zong, H L Tao, Q Gao and C Q Tan)Compensation of the Deformed Ram Spindle of a Horizontal Boring Machine (Y J Chen and J P Hung)Study on Motion Response of Spar Foundation Based on AWQA (K Fan, C H Jiang, H Lv and M Y Guo)Numerical Analysis on the Effects of Shoal on the Ship Wave (K H Kim and J S Seo)Investigation of Characteristics of Wave Induced Currents Using Hydraulic Model Experiment (K H Kim and J S Seo)The Design and Application of Motion Control System Based on PLCopen Standard (F S Li)Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Liquid Phase Deposition Titania Thin Films (H J Chen, D T Kong, N Wang and H C He)Chebyshev Cardinal Functions for Solving Obstacle Boundary Value Problems (Zakieh Avazzadeh and Mohammad Heydari)Experimental Study on Linear Pressure Loss of Spray Hose (Y Gong, X Zhang, G Wang, X Chen, D J Liu and L Pei)MEMS Based Device for Steering Wheel Angle Experimental Measuring (Radu Drosescu and Silviu Zamfir)Mechanical Property Changes of KNO3 Salt Bath Nitrided Duplex Stainless Steel (Jamshid D Schurdjanov and I S Kim)Wastewaters Treatment and Drinking Water Purification with Complex Automated Electrolysis Unit (E Arakcheev, M Brunman, A Konyashin, V Brunman and A Petkova)Development and Application of Comprehensive Drought Evaluation Model for Irrigation District in North China (J Q Ma, Z W Zhang and R Weis) Readership: Academics, professionals, postgraduate and graduate students in materials engineering, materials science and applied mechanics.

This book showcases how the latest and most advanced types of analytical modeling and empirical analysis can help to create value in the global supply chain. Focusing on practical relevance, it shares valuable management insights and addresses key issues in operations management (OM), demonstrating how past research has led to various practices and impacts, while also exploring the aspirations of the latest research. It presents current research on various topics such as global supply chain design, service supply chains, product design, responsible supply chains, performance and incentives in operations, data analytics in health services, new business models in the digital age, and new digital technology advances such as blockchain. In addition, it presents practical case studies on the aforementioned topics. Beyond the value of its contents, the book is intended as a tribute to Professor Morris Cohen, who has been a major contributor to advancing the research frontier in operations management and a driving force in shaping the field. Given its scope, the book will appeal to a wide readership, from researchers and PhD students to practitioners and consultants.