| Article ID: | iaor20103126 |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 193 |
| End Page Number: | 198 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Journal: | Quality and Reliability Engineering International |
| Authors: | Dieter A, Pickard K, Bertsche B |
The periodical renewal of spare parts in a manufacturing system is optimized by a novel approach using the well‐known Weibull distribution. In essence, this is achieved by the use of a geometrical stepping in the description of the reliability to the points of renewal, hence, the spare parts required in the system to achieve the reliability target are then determined.