After the expiration of each lease, lessees may return leased equipment on schedule, renew
the lease or purchase it according to the equipment status and their demands. By …

In the business-to-consumer context, eg, the automobile industry, preventive maintenance
(PM) of warranted items usually relies upon customers to return their items to authorized …

Both the spare part provision and the maintenance scheduling are important in ensuring the
production of the Serial-Parallel Multi-Station System (SPMMS). In the multi-specification …

In the context of equipment leasing, maintenance service is usually bundled with the leased
equipment and offered by the lessor as an integrated package under a lease contract. The …

In this paper, we present a new cost-sharing preventive maintenance (PM) program for a
product protected by a two-dimensional warranty. The product is preventively maintained by …

Lessors are responsible for equipment maintenance during the lease period. The usage rate
of these equipment affects their failures, reliability and decision-making on maintenance …

This study considers a manufacturer performing preventive maintenance (PM) on a product
according to a one-or two-dimensional (2-D) policy. The one-dimensional PM policy is …

Prior studies are lacking on a combined product selling and leasing model design and
absent on the life cycle cost analysis and the product design model. To address these …

This paper studies the lifecycle maintenance scheduling of the station under variable and
uncertain working conditions. In the multi-specification and small-batch production, the …

Lessees may abuse equipment during the lease period since lacking of ownership, thereby
increasing lessors' repair cost and lessees' downtime losses. This study integrates lessees' …