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 …

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 …

A novel custom-made 3D silicone printer and two-part Ecoflex silicone resins were used to
3D-print standard-shaped silicone coupon and irregular-shaped meniscus structures via a …

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 …

The number of spare parts required for an item can be effectively estimated based on its
reliability performance. The reliability characteristics of an item are influenced by different …

The recovery of infrastructure systems is of significant concern; in order to have effective risk
management planning, an accurate prediction of the recovery time is required. A system …

Assets reliability is a key issue to consider in the maintenance management policy and
given its importance several estimation methods and models have been proposed within the …

As more manufacturers shift their focus from selling products to end solutions, full-service
maintenance contracts gain traction in the business world. These contracts cover all …

Spare-part management has a significant effect on the productivity of mining equipment. The
required number of spare parts can be estimated using failure and repair data collected …