Warranty Management and Product Manufacture (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering) - Hardcover

Murthy, D. N. Prabhakar; Blischke, Wallace R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852339330 ISBN 13: 9781852339333

Verlag: Springer, 2005

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The only recent book to cover "Stage 3" warranty management, linking strategic and operational aspects for manufactured products.

Shows how to make warranty management an effective tool for enhancing customer satisfaction.

Uses minimal mathematics and presents accounting and legal aspects of warranty management in an easily understandable style.

Written by two of the world's leading experts in warranty management.

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D. N. P. Murthy is the Professor of Engineering and Operations Management in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Queensland and a Senior Scientific Advisor to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has held visiting appointments at several universities in the USA, Europe and Asia. His current research interests include various aspects of technology management (new product development, strategic management of technology), operations management (lot sizing, quality, reliability, maintenance), and post-sale support (warranties, service contracts). He has authored or co-authored 15 book chapters, 140 journal papers and 130 conference papers.

Wallace R. Blischke was a member of the faculty of The Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, for 27 years. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the Marshall School and Consultant in Statistical Analysis. His specialities include design of experiments, data analysis, reliability, quality assurance, design of sample surveys, estimation theory, and management science. He is co-author of two books.

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Purchasers of manufactured goods demand assurance that the purchased product will perform satisfactorily over its expected life. Warranties play a vitally important role in providing this assurance, in two ways. Firstly, warranty terms can provide a promise of protection in the event of a product failure. Secondly, effective warranty service can assure customer satisfaction in the event of a warranty claim. Successful use of both of these requires proper warranty management.

The authors of Warranty Management and Product Manufacture have developed "Stage-3" warranty management, that views warranties from a strategic perspective, beginning with a warranty strategy that is linked to technical and commercial planning from the very start of the product development process.

The aim of warranty management is to achieve the overall business objectives by focussing on both product performance assurance as well as ensuring customer satisfaction, the ultimate goal of warranty management. Warranty Management and Product Manufacture provides guidelines for achieving this goal.

Written by two of the world s leading experts in warranty management, this monograph details the most up-to-date thinking in this key area of product manufacture. It will be an invaluable guide for managers in product development, production and marketing as well as graduate students in business and operations management and industrial engineering.

 

The Springer Series in Reliability Engineering publishes high-quality books in important areas of current theoretical research and development in reliability, and in areas that bridge the gap between theory and application in areas of interest to practitioners in industry, laboratories, business, and government.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1852339330
• ISBN 13: 9781852339333
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar