Article ID: | iaor20051668 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 2/3 |
Start Page Number: | 225 |
End Page Number: | 235 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
Journal: | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
Authors: | Xie Xiaolan, Chelbi Anis, Rezg Nidhal |
Keywords: | inventory |
This paper presents a joint optimal inventory control and preventive maintenance strategy for a randomly failing production unit which supplies an assembly line operating according to a just-in-time configuration. The production unit is submitted to a maintenance action as soon as it reaches a certain age