Conventional or additive manufacturing for spare parts management: An extensive comparison for Poisson demand

Fabio Sgarbossa, Mirco Peron, Francesco Lolli and Elia Balugani

International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, vol. 233, issue C

Abstract: Due to the main peculiarities of spare parts, i.e. intermittent demands, long procurement lead times and high downtime costs when the parts are not available on time, it is often difficult to find the optimal inventory level. Recently, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a promising technique to improve spare parts inventory management thanks to a ‘print on demand’ approach.

Keywords: Conventional manufacturing (CM); Additive manufacturing (AM); Spare parts; Inventory management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107993

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