Optimal spare ordering policy for preventive replacement under cost effectiveness criterion

Abstract This paper presents a spare ordering policy for preventive replacement with age-dependent minimal repair and salvage value consideration. The spare unit for replacement is available only by order and the lead-time for delivering the spare due to regular or expedited ordering follows general distributions. To analyze the ordering policy, the failure process is modelled by a non-homogeneous Poisson process. By introducing the costs due to ordering, repairs, replacements and downtime, as well as the salvage value of an un-failed system, the expected cost effectiveness in the long run are derived as a criterion of optimality. It is shown, under certain conditions, there exists a finite and unique optimum ordering time which maximizes the expected cost effectiveness. Finally, numerical examples are given for illustration.

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