Forecasting has always been at the forefront of decision making and planning. The
uncertainty that surrounds the future is both exciting and challenging, with individuals and …

Spare parts demand forecasting has received considerable attention over the last fifty years
as it is a challenging problem for many companies. This paper provides a critical review and …

Spare parts are held to reduce the consequences of equipment downtime, playing an
important role in achieving the desired equipment availability at a minimum economic cost …

Industrial plant maintenance is an area which has enormous potential to be improved. It is
also an area attracted significant attention from mathematical modellers because of the …

For many maintenance organizations, on-condition maintenance tasks are the most
important source of spare part demand. An uneven distribution of maintenance tasks over …

Supply chain and logistics management for spare parts is of key importance in the maritime
industry, in order to ensure high availability and reliability of assets, while keeping operating …

This paper presents a framework for planning and control of the spare parts supply chain in
organisations that use and maintain high-value capital assets. Decisions in the framework …

Forecasting spare parts demand is notoriously difficult, as demand is typically intermittent
and lumpy. Specialized methods such as that by Croston are available, but these are not …

We focus on the inventory management of critical spare parts that are used for service
maintenance. These parts are commonly characterised by a large variety, an intermittent …

The classical spare part demand forecasting literature studies methods for forecasting
intermittent demand. However, the majority of these methods do not consider the underlying …