Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between reported sigma levels and actual failure rates (FRs) of gamma-distributed processes. The added complexity of the non-normality behavior of the gamma distribution is analyzed for the case of the cycle time (CT) of a real...

This paper formulates an optimal design model for assembly/disassembly manufacturing networks. The objective is to maximize production rate subject to a total cost constraint. Machines are chosen from a list of products available on the market, and sizes of the buffers are chosen within a...

This paper considers the problem of coordinated spare-part logistics and operations planning for third-party maintenance providers. Due to the multi-indenture structure of the equipment, different types of components might randomly fail to perform at different points of time. The spare part...