OR in spare parts management: A review

Q Hu, JE Boylan, H Chen, A Labib - European Journal of Operational …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

SKU classification: a literature review and conceptual framework

TJ Van Kampen, R Akkerman… - International Journal of …, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–Stock kee** unit (SKU) classifications are widely used in the field of production
and operations management. Although many theoretical and practical examples of …

ABC classification: service levels and inventory costs

RH Teunter, MZ Babai… - Production and …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
ABC inventory classifications are widely used in practice, with demand value and demand
volume as the most common ranking criteria. The standard approach in ABC applications is …

Machine learning for multi-criteria inventory classification applied to intermittent demand

F Lolli, E Balugani, A Ishizaka… - … Planning & Control, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Multi-criteria inventory classification groups inventory items into classes, each of which is
managed by a specific re-order policy according to its priority. However, the tasks of …

Performance measurement of the after-sales service network—Evidence from the automotive industry

P Gaiardelli, N Saccani, L Songini - Computers in industry, 2007 - Elsevier
The after-sales activities are nowadays acknowledged as a relevant source of revenue,
profit and competitive advantage in most manufacturing industries. Top and middle …

Performance measurement systems in after-sales service: an integrated framework

P Gaiardelli, N Saccani… - International Journal of …, 2007 - inderscienceonline.com
In today's competitive markets, companies are shifting from a Product-centric to a Customer-
centric view. The After-Sales (AS) service can become a key differentiator and a major profit …

Inventory control system design by integrating inventory classification and policy selection

D Mohammaditabar, SH Ghodsypour… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Very large numbers of inventory items complicate the inventory control process. Companies
categorize their inventory items into a few groups and take similar inventory control policies …

Aligning strategic profiles with operational metrics in after‐sales service

S Cavalieri, P Gaiardelli, S Ierace - International Journal of …, 2007 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of the paper is to overcome the limitations of the current models
available in the literature in terms of relation and consistency between business strategy …

On the inventory performance of multi-criteria classification methods: empirical investigation

MZ Babai, T Ladhari, I Lajili - International Journal of Production …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A number of multi-criteria inventory classification (MCIC) methods have been proposed in
the academic literature. However, most of this literature focuses on the development and the …

Tailoring inventory classification to industry applications: the benefits of understandable machine learning

J Svoboda, S Minner - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Supply chain segmentation and inventory classification, specifically, are considered a
competitive advantage in many industries. Approaches like the ABC-XYZ analysis are …