Using repair priorities to reduce stock investment in spare part networks

Maintenance spare parts planning and control: a framework for control and agenda for future research

“…Also Guide Jr. and Srivastava (1997) and Kennedy et al (2002) provide a literature overview on spare part inventories and issues surrounding them such as emergency procedures (Alfredsson and Verrijdt, 1999;Song and Zipkin, 2009), lateral transshipments (Paterson et al, 2010), interaction with finite repair capacity (Sleptchenko et al, 2005), interaction with maintenance policies and obsolescence.…”

A survey of maintenance and service logistics management: Classification and research agenda from a maritime sector perspective

“…Van der Heijden et al [40] provide a method for the joint optimization of spare parts inventories and throughput times of repair and transportation for multi-echelon, multi-indenture spare part networks. Additional related papers with finite repair capacity considerations can be found in Sleptchenko et al [120], Zijm and Avşar [165] and Tiemessen and Van Houtum [166].…”

“…Sleptchenko et al [119] study the trade-off between inventory and repair capacity by presenting a simultaneous optimization for both decisions. Sleptchenko et al [120] show that assigning repair priorities to repairable parts can reduce stock investment. A complicating factor regarding repairable parts is the condemnation aspect which refers to the fact that not all failed repairable parts can be repaired; some may be condemned and have to be replaced by new procurements.…”

Spare Parts Planning and Control for Maintenance Operations

“…Under static priority rules, the priority of a spare part depends on its type only. Under these relatively simple rules, Sleptchenko et al (2005) and Adan et al (2009) have shown numerically that significant reductions in inventory investment are possible compared to simple first come first serve scheduling of repair jobs. More sophisticated priority rules also consider the on-hand inventory and expected future demand in deciding the priority of a part.…”

“…The most important models in spare parts inventory control have been consolidated in the books by Sherbrooke (2004) and Muckstadt (2005). Guide Jr. and Srivastava (1997) and Kennedy et al (2002) provide literature overviews on spare part inventories and issues surrounding them such as emergency procedures (Alfredsson and Verrijdt, 1999;Song and Zipkin, 2009), lateral transshipments (Paterson et al, 2011), interaction with finite repair capacity (Sleptchenko et al, 2005), interaction with maintenance policies and obsolescence.…”