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Developing a trade-off between upgrade action time and warranty length for second-hand electrical components

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  • Mahmood Shafiee
  • Mohammad Saidi-Mehrabad
  • Ezzatollah Asgharizadeh

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One way of improving the reliability and reducing the warranty servicing cost for second-hand items is through actions such as overhaul and upgrade which are carried out by the dealer or a third party. For second-hand electrical components, the improvement involves testing of items for a short time, called upgrade action time, before their release to the market. The items that fail during the test are scrapped or repaired; only items that survive the test are considered to be of good quality and released to the market. In this paper, a cost model is developed to achieve a trade-off between reducing the warranty servicing cost and increasing the upgrade action cost for a second-hand electrical component sold under various warranty policies.

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  • Mahmood Shafiee & Mohammad Saidi-Mehrabad & Ezzatollah Asgharizadeh, 2010. "Developing a trade-off between upgrade action time and warranty length for second-hand electrical components," International Journal of Product Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(3/4), pages 336-351.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpdev:v:12:y:2010:i:3/4:p:336-351
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    1. Shafiee, Mahmood & Chukova, Stefanka, 2013. "Maintenance models in warranty: A literature review," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 229(3), pages 561-572.

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