[HTML][HTML] Fifty years of maintenance optimization: Reflections and perspectives

J Arts, RN Boute, S Loeys, HE van Staden - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Association of European Operational
Research Societies (EURO), we share our perspectives and reflections on maintenance …

A finite-horizon condition-based maintenance policy for a two-unit system with dependent degradation processes

B Liu, MD Pandey, X Wang, X Zhao - European Journal of Operational …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes a condition-based maintenance (CBM) model for a system with two
heterogeneous components in which degradation follows a bivariate gamma process …

To outsource or not to outsource? Warranty service provision strategies considering competition, costs and reliability

H Huang, F Liu, P Zhang - International Journal of Production Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Warranty services play an important role in protecting customers against product failure and
signaling manufacturers' product quality. In this paper, we study two warranty service …

Decision and coordination analysis of extended warranty service in a remanufacturing closed-loop supply chain with dual price sensitivity under different channel …

X Zhu, L Ding, Y Guo, H Zhu - RAIRO-operations Research, 2022 - rairo-ro.org
This paper studies the impact of dual price sensitivity (product price sensitivity and extended
warranty service price sensitivity) on the decision of the closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) …

Effects of fairness concerns on price and quality decisions in IT service supply chain

T Ren, D Wang, N Zeng, K Yuan - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In practice, fairness concerns always have significant impacts on the performance of IT
service supply chain (ITSSC). However, the existing research on IT sourcing lacks attention …

Three-dimensional warranty and post-warranty maintenance of products with monitored mission cycles

L Shang, B Liu, Q Qiu, L Yang - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
This article explores the use of advanced digital technologies as a support in enhancing
reliability management during the warranty stage. While previous studies have focused on …

A performance-based warranty for products subject to competing hard and soft failures

X Wang, B Liu, X Zhao - International Journal of Production Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This article studies a performance-based warranty for products subject to competing hard
and soft failures. The two failure modes are competing in the sense that either one, on a …

Random periodic replacement models after the expiry of 2D-warranty

L Shang, Q Qiu, X Wang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid development of advanced sensor technologies makes it possible to monitor the
working cycle of products, which enables manufacturers to design warranty policies by …

Optimal warranty policy for consumer electronics with dependent competing failure processes

YS Huang, CC Fang, CM Lu, TLB Tseng - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study considers warranties for consumer electronics with multiple dependent competing
failure processes, including minor, over-degradation and catastrophic failure. Furthermore …

Optimal extended warranty strategy for a two-sided platform under agency selling

J Li, S He, J Chen, Z He - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Platforms are realizing that providing extended warranties not only achieves high profitability
but also improves consumer satisfaction. In the current marketplace, extended warranties …