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A single‐machine replacement model with learning

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  • Suresh Chand
  • Tim McClurg
  • Jim Ward

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The replacement or upgrade of productive resources over time is an important decision for a manufacturing organization. The type of technology used in the productive resources determines how effectively the manufacturing operations can support the product and marketing strategy of the organization. Increasing operating costs (cost of maintenance, labor, and depreciation) over time force manufacturing organizations to periodically consider replacement or upgrade of their existing productive resources. We assume that there is a setup cost associated with the replacement of a machine, and that the setup cost is a nonincreasing function of the number of replacements made so far due to learning in setups. The operating cost of a newer machine is assumed to be lower than the operating cost of an older machine in any given period, except perhaps in the first period of operation of the new machine when the cost could be unusually high due to higher initial depreciation. A forward dynamic programming algorithm is developed which can be used to solve finite‐horizon problems. We develop procedures to find decision and forecast horizons such that choices made during the decision horizon based only on information over the forecast horizon are also optimal for any longer horizon problem. Thus, we are able to obtain optimal results for what is effectively an infinite‐horizon problem while only requiring data over a finite period of time. We present a numerical example to illustrate the decision/forecast horizon procedure, as well as a study of the effects of considering learning in making a series of machine replacement decisions. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons. Inc.

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  • Suresh Chand & Tim McClurg & Jim Ward, 1993. "A single‐machine replacement model with learning," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(2), pages 175-192, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:40:y:1993:i:2:p:175-192
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6750(199303)40:23.0.CO;2-Q
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