International Journal of Operations & Production Management · 1980 · 76 citations · 4 references
EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringOperations ManagementMaintenance EngineeringManufacturing SystemsService OperationsEquipment MaintenanceIndustrial MaintenanceProduct Life Cycle ManagementService FailureService LifeSpare Parts ManagementDefective ComponentsDistribution Of Spare PartsSpare Parts AvailabilitySpare Parts InventorySpare Parts PlanningSpare Parts Replenishment
An industry which manufactures and sells products that are liable to failure (e.g. TV sets, tape recorders, washing machines or refrigerators), usually has a department for “service after sales”. Such a department must distribute information on how to repair products, and has to supply spare parts to replace defective components during a given number of years. We call these parts service parts . Three phases can be distinguished in the life‐cycle of service parts:
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Handbook of Mathematical Functions
Donald A. McQuarrie · American Journal of Physics · 1966 · 40.9K citations
Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes
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