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This paper investigates a discrete event simulation approach for managing performance based contracts of repairable systems. We focus on an integrated service delivery environment where the manufacturer develops capital-intensive systems and also provides after-sales support. We propose a simulation model to calculate system availability comprehending four performance drivers: life time distribution, repair time distribution, spare parts inventory, and repair facility. This simulation model allows the service supplier to minimize the total cost by optimizing the four performance drivers. In this simulation model, the failure time and repair time can follow arbitrary distribution. This will allow the customer to monitor the supplier’s service through comparing the actual availability and its theoretical value. The costs of three maintenance policies also can be studied under the performance based contracts framework. Two cases are considered in this paper. One is a system containing single unit, one warehouse, and one repair center. Another is a system containing two fleets with different installed units, two spare part warehouses with one for each fleet, and a central repair depot.
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Xinghui Zhang is a Ph.D. student at Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. He is also a student member of IEEE. His main research interests include condition-based maintenance, fault diagnosis of wind turbine gearbox and performance based contracts.
Jianshe Kang is a professor at Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. He received the Ph.D. in Mechatronical Engineering from Beijing Institute Technology, China and he authored one book in fields of maintenance engineering. He is a direct general of China Ordnance Industry Society and selected as the editorial board of Acta Armamentarill. His current research interests include system reliability analysis, condition based prognostics and health management of capital assets.
Jinsong Zhao is currently a Ph.D. student studying at the Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. He received the B.S. degree from Military Transportation College, Tianjin, China. His main research interests include system architecture study and military logistics optimization.
Hongzhi Teng received the Ph.D. in Equipment Systems and Utilization Engineering from Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. He is currently a post-doctor researcher at Mechanical Engineering College, Shijiazhuang, China. His research interests include signal processing, fault diagnosis and prognosis of wind turbine gearbox.
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Zhang, X., Kang, J., Zhao, J. et al. Planning performance based contracts of repairable system using discrete event simulation. J MECH SCI TECHNOL 28, 3909–3915 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-014-0901-0
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