Spare parts are held to reduce the consequences of equipment downtime, playing an
important role in achieving the desired equipment availability at a minimum economic cost …

Background: Additive manufacturing (AM) applications in producing spare parts are
increasing day by day. AM is bridging the digital and physical world as a 3D computer-aided …

An efficient and effective spare parts supply chain management is crucial to ensure highly
available production systems. However, achieving such a spare parts supply chain …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of additive manufacturing (AM)
implementation on aircraft supply chain (SC) networks. Additive and conventional …

Spare parts are a particularly interesting application for switching production from traditional
manufacturing (TM) to additive manufacturing (AM). Research assessing AM has primarily …

The paper proposes a novel architecture for explainable artificial intelligence based on
semantic technologies and artificial intelligence. We tailor the architecture for the domain of …

Purpose Spare Parts Management (SPM) and Industry 4.0 has proven their importance.
However, employment of Industry 4.0 solutions for SPM is at emerging stage. To address the …

Featured Application The outcomes of this work can be applied to B2B discrete demand
forecasting in the automotive industry and probably generalized to other demand forecasting …

In this book... Nicolas Vandeput hacks his way through the maze of quantitative supply chain
optimizations. This book illustrates how the quantitative optimization of 21st century supply …

Spare parts are necessary for ensuring the functioning of the critical equipment of many
companies, and as such, they play a central role in these companies' operations. Inventory …