The Southern Company Uses a Probability Model for Cost Justification of Oil Sample Analysis

Joseph M. Mellichamp, David M. Miller and O-Joung Kwon
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Joseph M. Mellichamp: Department of Management Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486
David M. Miller: Department of Management Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486
O-Joung Kwon: Department of Management Information Systems, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62794

Interfaces, 1993, vol. 23, issue 3, 118-124

Abstract: One of the difficult decisions facing managers responsible for maintaining motor vehicle and construction equipment fleets is whether or not to implement oil analysis programs. We developed a simple probability model for the Southern Company which enables their maintenance managers to evaluate various maintenance strategies including options that incorporate oil sampling programs. The model has been used to determine optimum policies for five classes of equipment and to assess the sensitivity of these results to various changes in the model parameters.

Date: 1993
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