A Base Stock Inventory Model for a Remanufacturable Product

dc.contributor.author	Graves, Stephen C.
dc.date.accessioned	2003-11-29T19:59:17Z
dc.date.available	2003-11-29T19:59:17Z
dc.date.issued	2003-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3735
dc.description.abstract	We report on an industrial project in which we developed an inventory model to provide decision support for the design and deployment of the field service support system for a remanufacturable product. The product was a dialysis unit for home use. Each unit that was installed in a home would eventually be removed due to failure, or the need for preventative maintenance, or the termination of the service. Upon removal, each unit was shipped to a central depot for re-manufacturing so that it could be returned to service. We develop a model to determine the inventory requirements at each regional depot, and then describe how to use the model to determine the inventory requirements in the two-echelon system consisting of the central facility and the regional depots.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)	en
dc.format.extent	242673 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology (IMST);
dc.subject	inventory planning	en
dc.subject	remanufacturing	en
dc.subject	reverse logistics	en
dc.subject	multi-echelon systems	en
dc.subject	supply chain planning	en
dc.title	A Base Stock Inventory Model for a Remanufacturable Product	en
dc.type	Article	en