We considered a mixed corrective maintenance policy for machines in a two-machine onebuffer flow line. The machines had stochastic processing times and suffered from unexpected failures. In the case of a failure, the machines were either minimally repaired or their failing components were...

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has the potential to shift supply chains from global networks that rely on centralized production with traditional manufacturing technologies to mainly digital networks with distributed, local printing. Particularly well positioned to drive this...

Purpose: Managing the inventory of spare parts is very difficult because of the stochastic nature of part's demand. Also, only controlling the inventory of the spare part is not enough; instead, the supply chain of the spare part needs to be managed efficiently. Moreover, every organization now...

Inventory optimization approaches typically optimize steady-state performance, but do not consider the transition of an initial state to the optimized state. In this study, we address this transition. Our research is motivated by a company that implemented an improved inventory policy for its...

Purpose: This manuscript explores the link between Spare Parts Management and Total Costs of Ownership or Life Cycle Costs (LCC). Design/methodology/approach: First, this work enumerates the different managerial decisions instances in spare parts management that are present during the life cycle...

Purpose: The production costs of offshore wind energy are currently very high compared to other means of energy production. During the operational phase of an offshore wind park 17% of the operational costs are logistics cost. To reduce the costs, innovative strategies have to be implemented,...

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has the potential to shift supply chains from global networks that rely on centralized production with traditional manufacturing technologies to largely digital networks with decentralized, local 3D printing, i.e., digital inventory. One...

We present a general framework to study the design of spare parts logistics in the presence of 3D printing technology. We consider multiple parts facing stochastic demands, and adopt procure/manufacture-to-stock versus print-on-demand to highlight the main difference of production modes featured...

We study cooperation between a group of companies, who keep spare parts to maintain their expensive equipments, by pooling their inventory. To establish a stable cooperation, the cost of running the pooled inventory should be allocated between the participating members in a fair fashion. To...