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Condition-based maintenance for multi-component systems: A scalable optimization model with two thresholds

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  • Kıvanç, Ä°pek
  • Fecarotti, Claudia
  • Raassens, Néomie
  • van Houtum, Geert-Jan

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Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) provide customized after-sales service contracts tailored to their customers’ specific requirements. While these customized offerings may increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, they are likely more expensive, and that in times that OEMs are striving to reduce maintenance costs and ease the workload of their service engineers. To address this challenge, we introduce a quantitative methodology for shaping maintenance policies that minimize overall maintenance costs for systems comprising multiple heterogeneous components over a finite lifespan. Our proposed two-threshold condition-based maintenance policy incorporates scheduled visits and semi-urgent interventions, using component-level control thresholds to preventively trigger component replacements. Scheduled visits provide opportunities for grouping component replacements, capitalizing on positive economic dependencies.

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  • Kıvanç, Ä°pek & Fecarotti, Claudia & Raassens, Néomie & van Houtum, Geert-Jan, 2025. "Condition-based maintenance for multi-component systems: A scalable optimization model with two thresholds," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 254(PB).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:254:y:2025:i:pb:s0951832024007051
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2024.110634
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