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Title: | Two-echelon spare parts inventory system subject to a service constraint | Authors: | Caglar, D Li, CL Simchi-Levi, D |
Issue Date: | Jul-2004 | Source: | IIE transactions, July 2004, v. 36, no. 7, p. 655-666 | Abstract: | In this paper, we consider a spare parts inventory problem faced by a manufacturer of electronic machines with expensive parts that are located at various customer locations. The parts fail infrequently according to a Poisson process. To serve customers when a failure occurs, the manufacturer operates a central warehouse and many field depots that stock spare parts. The central warehouse acts as a repair facility and replenishes stock at the field depots. There is a centralized decision-maker who manages the inventory in both the central warehouse and the field depots. We develop a continuous review, base stock policy for this two-echelon, multi-item spare parts inventory system. We formulate a model to minimize the system-wide inventory cost subject to a response time constraint at each field depot. We present an efficient heuristic algorithm and study its computational effectiveness. | Keywords: | Integrated manufacturing systems Logistics Manufacturing engineering Manufacturing engineering design Operations management Operations research Production systems Quality control & reliability Reliability & risk analysis Supply chain management |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | Journal: | IIE transactions | ISSN: | 0740-817X | EISSN: | 1545-8830 | DOI: | 10.1080/07408170490278265 | Rights: | © 2004 “IIE”. This is an electronic version of an article published in D. Caglar, C.-L. Li and D. Simchi-Levi (2004), IIE Transactions, 36(7), 655-666. IIE Transactions is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com, the open URL of the article: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0740-817X&volume=36&issue=7&spage=655. |
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