Warranty cost analysis

Considers cost and optimization problems from the manufacturer's and the buyer's points of view. The work discusses a variety of warranty policies and the mathematical models for the analysis of related engineering and management issues. All standard consumer product warranties are covered...

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Main Author: Blischke, Wallace R.
Other Authors: Murthy, D. N. Prabhakar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Marcel Dekker 1994
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Table of Contents:
  • An Overview
  • Warranty Policy and Modeling Issues
  • Stochastic Processes for Warranty Modeling
  • Analysis of the Basic Free-Replacement Warranty
  • Analysis of the Basic Pro-Rata Warranty
  • Complex One-Dimensional Warranties
  • Reliability Improvement Warranties
  • Two-Dimensional Warranty Policies
  • Warranty Servicing
  • Warranty and Engineering
  • The Simulation Approach to Warranty Analysis
  • Statistical Estimation of Warranty Costs
  • Case Studies
  • A Comprehensive Framework for the Study of Warranty