A decision support system for configuring spare parts supply chains considering different manufacturing technologies

A well-configured spare parts supply chain (SC) can reduce costs and increase the competitiveness of spare parts retailers. A structured method for configuring spare parts SCs should be used to determine whether to centralise or decentralise inventory management, also considering hybrid configuratio...

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Published inInternational journal of production research Vol. 62; no. 8; pp. 3023 - 3043
Main Authors Cantini, Alessandra, Peron, Mirco, De Carlo, Filippo, Sgarbossa, Fabio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis 17.04.2024
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Additive manufacturing
additive manufacturing (AM)
Component parts
Configurations
Cost reduction
Decentralization
decision support system (DSS)
Decision support systems
decision tree
Decision trees
Inventory management
Manufacturing
Spare parts
Spare parts logistics
supply chain configuration
Supply chains
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Summary:A well-configured spare parts supply chain (SC) can reduce costs and increase the competitiveness of spare parts retailers. A structured method for configuring spare parts SCs should be used to determine whether to centralise or decentralise inventory management, also considering hybrid configurations. Moreover, such a method should define whether or not to switch the production of spare parts from Conventional Manufacturing (CM) technologies to Additive Manufacturing (AM) ones. Indeed, AM is considered the next revolution in the field of spare parts, and the adoption of AM technologies strongly affects the characteristics of SCs. However, the choice between centralisation and decentralisation is not the subject of much scientific research, and it is also not clear when AM would be the preferable manufacturing technology for spare parts. This paper aims to assist managers and practitioners in determining how to design their spare parts SCs, thus defining both the spare parts SC configuration and the manufacturing technology to adopt through the development of a decision support system (DSS). The proposed DSS is a user-friendly decision tree, and, for the first time, it allows comparison of the total costs of SCs characterised by different degrees of centralisation with both AM and CM spare parts.
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ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2022.2041757