| Article ID: | iaor20072210 |
| Country: | India |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 577 |
| End Page Number: | 593 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Journal: | Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences |
| Authors: | Lin Cheng-Yi, Sung Chien-Kuo |
| Keywords: | inspection, production |
Preventive maintenance is implemented following the inspection point is reached given an imperfect and controlled production process. Generally, estimation errors in inspection and preventive maintenance are ignored in inspection and preventive maintenance models. Where estimation errors exist in inspection and preventive maintenance in an imperfect production process this study attempts to discuss the range of estimation errors and their influence on the number of inspection times, first inspection interval, production lot size and expected costs of the manufacturer. Finally, the numerical example is used to examine and analyze production strategy optimization.