Browsing by Subject "Imperfect repair"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    The role of repair strategy in warranty cost minimization: an investigation via quasi-renewal processes
    (Elsevier, 2009) Samatlı-Paç, G.; Taner, M. R.
    Most companies seek efficient rectification strategies to keep their warranty related costs under control. This study develops and investigates different repair strategies for one- and two-dimensional warranties with the objective of minimizing manufacturer's expected warranty cost. Static, improved and dynamic repair strategies are proposed and analyzed under different warranty structures. Numerical experimentation with representative cost functions indicates that performance of the policies depend on various factors such as product reliability, structure of the cost function and type of the warranty contract.
  • Thumbnail Image
    ItemOpen Access
    Warranty cost analysis under imperfect repair
    (2006) Samatlı, Gülay
    Increasing market competition forces manufacturers to offer extensive warranties. Faced with the challenge of keeping the associated costs under control, most companies seek efficient rectification strategies. In this study, we focus on the repair strategies with the intent of minimizing the manufacturer’s expected warranty cost expressed as a function of various parameters such as product reliability, structure of the cost function and the type of the warranty contract. We consider both one- and two-dimensional warranties, and use quasi renewal processes to model the product failures along with the associated repair actions. We propose static, improved and dynamic repair policies, and develop representative cost functions to evaluate the effectiveness of these alternative policies. We consider products with different reliability structures under the most commonly observed types of warranty contracts. Experimental results indicate that the dynamic policy generally outperforms both static and improved policies on highly reliable products, whereas the improved policy is the best performer for products with low reliability. Although, the increasing number of factors arising in the analysis of two-dimensional policies renders generalizations difficult, several insights can be offered for the selection of the rectification action based on empirical evidence.