Abstract
For a repairable system consisting of line-replaceable components, its operational availability depends on component reliability, the level of redundancy, and the availability of spare parts. In prior studies, redundancy allocation and spare parts provisioning are treated separately. In this paper, we study a joint decision-making problem, in which the component redundancy level and the spares stock quantity are to be determined in order to maximize the system operational availability under economic constraints. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the applications and highlight the managerial implications of this integrated redundancy allocation and spare parts logistics methodology.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 3225-3234 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| State | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013 - San Juan, Puerto Rico Duration: May 18 2013 → May 22 2013 |
Other
| Other | IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | Puerto Rico |
| City | San Juan |
| Period | 5/18/13 → 5/22/13 |
Keywords
- Operational availability
- Redundancy allocation
- Spare parts provisioning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering