Title
A clustering-based repair shop design for repairable spare part supply systems.
Abstract
•The design problem of a single repair shop in a spare part supply system is studied.•The joint problem of pooling, inventory allocation and capacity level designation is solved.•A novel sequential heuristic integrating queuing theory and K-median is developed.•Approach provides ∼11% and ∼34% cost reductions compared to fully flexible and dedicated designs, respectively.•The advantages of clustered design diminish with decreasing cross-training/server cost ratio.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.cie.2018.08.032
Computers & Industrial Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
Spare part logistics,Repair shop,Pooling,K-median,Queuing approximation,Heuristic
Mathematical optimization,Heuristic,Spare part,Holding cost,Pooling,Engineering,Cluster analysis
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
125
0360-8352
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
18
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hasan Hüseyin Turan1105.22
Andrei Sleptchenko28310.64
Shaligram Pokharel311411.78
Tarek ElMekkawy471.80