High value and long life products require continuous maintenance throughout their life cycle
to achieve required performance with optimum through-life cost. This paper presents …

In the past two decades, technology obsolescence has become an increasingly common
feature of the global economy, often precipitated by new technological breakthroughs and …

The aim of this research is to conduct an all-inclusive investigation on past studies of
obsolescence, the issues involved, and tactics for mitigation in military-based systems. This …

Obsolescence occurs when system elements become outdated, and it leads to operational,
logistical, reliability, and cost implications. In the US military, this problem is a result of the …

Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-centric cyber physical systems often contain software and
hardware elements with life-spans shorter than the systems' intended life-span. Various …

When there is a demand larger than the corresponding number of components in stock,
obsolescence problems may occur for those systems with a life cycle longer than that of one …

We study a joint decision making of part inventory control and product design refresh
planning for a manufacturer facing the part obsolescence problem, whereby the supply of a …

High-quality product support is vital for production, because utility can only be generated by
working equipment and system downtime can cause serious consequences. Thus, the …

Costs to replace obsolete parts are estimated to exceed $10 billion annually for military
expenditures. 1 Other industries experience high costs related to obsolete parts as well. 2–5 …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the model-driven decision support system
(DSS) for small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) that actively participates in …