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Determination of production run time and warranty length under system maintenance and trade credits

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  • Yu-Chung Tsao

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Manufacturers offer a warranty period within which they will fix failed products at no cost to customers. Manufacturers also perform system maintenance when a system is in an out-of-control state. Suppliers provide a credit period to settle the payment to manufacturers. This study considers manufacturer's production and warranty decisions for an imperfect production system under system maintenance and trade credit. Specifically, this study uses the economic production quantity to model the decisions under system maintenance and trade credit. These decisions involve how long the production run time and warranty length should be to maximise total profit. This study provides lemmas for the conditions of optimality and develops a theorem and an algorithm for solving the problems described. Numerical examples illustrate the solution procedures and provide a variety of managerial implications. Results show that simultaneously determining production and warranty decisions is superior to only determining production. This study also discusses the effects of the related parameters on manufacturer's decisions and profits. The results of this study are a useful reference for managerial decision-making and administration.

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  • Yu-Chung Tsao, 2012. "Determination of production run time and warranty length under system maintenance and trade credits," International Journal of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(12), pages 2351-2360.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tsysxx:v:43:y:2012:i:12:p:2351-2360
    DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2011.577245
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    1. Wu, Jiang & Skouri, Konstantina & Teng, Jinn-Tsair & Ouyang, Liang-Yuh, 2014. "A note on “optimal replenishment policies for non-instantaneous deteriorating items with price and stock sensitive demand under permissible delay in payment”," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 324-329.
    2. Shafiee, Mahmood & Chukova, Stefanka, 2013. "Maintenance models in warranty: A literature review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 229(3), pages 561-572.
    3. Chen, Sheng-Chih & Teng, Jinn-Tsair & Skouri, Konstantina, 2014. "Economic production quantity models for deteriorating items with up-stream full trade credit and down-stream partial trade credit," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 302-309.

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