Maintenance data allocation model for Repairable Items in echelon inventory system
Mojahid Saeed Osman · 2016
This paper addresses the implementation of Automated Identification Technologies (AIT) to support and manage the maintenance of repairable equipment and components that are intended for relatively long use in echelon inventory system with the aim of optimizing the data allocation in a given automated identification system. The paper presents the development of general model for optimizing the use of AIT system for repairable equipment and items, and the allocation of preventive and corrective maintenance data on tags. The primary criterion for optimization is to maximize the value of maintenance data while not exceeding the available data capacity of the AIT system. The value of maintenance data through the life cycle of repairable equipment and items is determined by the variable value of data per use that varies based on its frequency of usage and its basic fixed value.