Reuse and remanufacturing have been widely studied in the maintenance related literature
due to the imperative of preserving resources and protecting the environment. To provide …

Secondhand purchasing, once associated primarily with financially marginalized individuals
driven by economic necessity, has now emerged as a popular choice even among affluent …

This paper proposes a multicriteria model based on the delay time concept and the
FITradeoff method to support the choice of a service provider who inspects isolation valves …

The paper considers heterogeneous 1-out-of-n warm-standby systems performing missions
of a fixed duration when a failure of an operating element results in a mission failure. A …

On the basis of scrap metal recycling, the shredding process transforms a large variety of
objects composed predominantly of steel in crunched scrap. The main equipment used in …

This paper introduces a model for managing imperfect maintenance in multi-component
systems, and addresses the Selective Maintenance Problem with the inclusion of perfect …

The use of second-hand products sold to customers is gaining increasing attention, since
environmental concerns are associated with hotspot research topics. However, the use of …

The effectiveness of production is influenced by different events that may disrupt the original
production plan, such as degradation in the production process, additional demands and …

Abstract The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing is a transformation
towards increased operational efficiency, adaptability, and sustainability in response to the …

This paper presents a new delay time modelling method for reusing single-component
systems with two defective states and one failure state. It assumes that a component may be …