The warranty policies for capital-intensive products, such as automobiles, heavy equipment,
and aircraft engines, typically have two dimensions, that is, the age and usage. During the …

In a multi-component system, the assumption of failure independence among components is
seldom valid, especially for those complex systems with complicated failure mechanism. For …

A mathematical model is developed for integrated flow planning in forward and after-sales
supply chains of a company supplying repairable product-warranty packages to markets …

By considering learning effects during the process of maintenance, this article investigates
an availability-based warranty policy from the manufacturer's perspective. Imperfect …

To meet consumer replacement needs, the free replacement extended warranty (FREW) is
born and becomes popular in the extended warranty (EW) market. In this context, firms need …

Products are often offered with warranties, which have become a common marketing
strategy intended to indicate that product quality is guaranteed by the firm. Warranties can …

An operating unit sometimes cannot be replaced at the exact optimum replacement time for
some reasons. The unit may be rather replaced at idle times, such as a day, a week, a …

Renewal function is an important tool used by researchers in the fields of applied probability
such as reliability theory, risk analysis, inventory theory and warranty analysis etc …

Provided herein are methods and systems for enabling a host provider to provide a
consumer homeowner with improved maintenance and repair services for items in the …

This paper investigated the properties of discrete scheduled replacement model of a series-
parallel system, with six units. The six units of the system formed three subsystems, which …