Forecasting has always been at the forefront of decision making and planning. The
uncertainty that surrounds the future is both exciting and challenging, with individuals and …

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 …

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical
techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate the potential approaches to
introduce rapid manufacturing (RM) in the spare parts supply chain. Design/methodology …

This paper investigates the gap between research and practice in spare parts management,
with specific reference to durable goods addressed to private or professional customers. The …

The purpose of this paper is to verify the conceptual benefits of the implementation of
additive manufacturing (AM) in spare part supply chains from the point of view of industry …

During the past decades, several joint maintenance and inventory optimization systems
have been studied in literature. Compared to the sequential optimization of both models …

The standard method to forecast intermittent demand is that by Croston. This method is
available in ERP-type solutions such as SAP and specialised forecasting software packages …

Spare parts are held as inventory to support product maintenance in order to reduce
downtime and extend the lifetime of products. Recently, spare parts inventory management …

Purpose Introducing additive manufacturing (AM) in a multinational corporation with a global
spare parts operation requires tools for a dynamic supplier selection, considering both cost …