CHARACTERISTIC OF LITORAL SEDIMENT ON SINDULANG SATU COASTAL

Coastal area is defined as the interface point where sea and land meet. To the land the area is limited to the area influenced by the sea factors (wind, tide, and sea water infiltration), while to the sea is limited to the area influenced by the land factors. Special concern need to be addressed in regarding to the use of coastal area. As part of the coastal area, littoral zone is very dynamics due to factors of oceanography and human activities. The same fact is experienced by the littoral zone in Sindulang Satu. Physical change has been the fact in this littoral zone.  In relation to the change, it is considered of importance to describe and analysis the characteristics of the sediment and related oceanography factors.  Result of observation indicated that sediment in the littoral zone consist of fine sand, medium sand, very fine sand, coarse sand and pebbles. Silt and boulder were also found. Distribution of sediment granulometry showed that the littoral zone was dominated by fine sand material, bad sorted, asymetrical to small size and symmetrical granulometry, and mesokurtic. Tidal current is the type of current working in the littoral zone and it plays importance role in the sediment

Modeling and Analysis of Effective Ways for Improving the Reliability of Second-hand Products Sold with Warranty

Often, customers are uncertain about the performance and durability of the used/second-hand products. The warranties play an important role in reassuring the buyer. Offering the warranty implies that the dealer incurs additional costs to service any claims made by the customers. Reducing warranty costs is an issue of great interest to dealers. One way of improving the reliability and reducing the warranty servicing cost for second-hand items is through actions such as overhaul and upgrade which are carried out by the dealer or a third party. Improving actions allow the dealer to offer better warranty terms and to sell the item at a higher price. This paper deals with two effective approaches (virtual age approach and screening test approach) to decide on the reliability improvement strategies for second-hand products sold under various warranty policies (failure-free, rebate warranty, and a combination of free replacement and lump sum). A numerical example illustrates that from a dealer’s point of view, it is beneficial to carry out an improvement action only if the reduction in the warranty servicing cost is greater than the extra cost incurred due to this improvement action

Quality control in a single state production system: Open and closed loop policies

The output quality in a single state production system depends on the input quality and the machine state. The machine state deteriorates with production and affects output quality. The deterioration, and hence output quality can be controlled through proper maintenance actions. This paper formulates a model and examines optimal open and closed loop policies for carrying out such maintenance actions

New product warranty: A literature review

Warranty is an important element of marketing new products as better warranty signals higher product quality and provides greater assurance to customers. Servicing warranty involves additional costs to the manufacturer and this cost depends on product reliability and warranty terms. Product reliability is influenced by the decisions made during the design and manufacturing of the product. As such warranty is very important in the context of new products. Product warranty has received the attention of researchers from many different disciplines and the literature on warranties is vast. This paper carries out a review of the literature that has appeared in the last ten years. It highlights issues of interest to manufacturers in the context of managing new products from an overall business perspective. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

Quality-Control Through Lot-Sizing for Items Sold with Warranty

Due to manufacturing variability, a fraction of the items produced are non-conforming - i.e. they do not meet the design specifications. The performance of a non-conforming item is inferior to that of a conforming item which meets the design specification. When items are sold with warranty, the warranty cost to service non-conforming items is much bigger than that for conforming items. The production of non-conforming items can be controlled through lot sizing. Smaller lot size results in a reduction in the warranty cost per item but this is achieved at the expense of increased manufacturing cost per unit. In this paper, we discuss the optimal lot sizing which achieves a proper trade-off between the two costs for repairable items sold with free replacement warranty (FRW) policy

Warranty and preventative maintenance

For products sold with warranty, preventive maintenance actions by manufacturers and/or buyers have an impact on the total costs for both parties. This paper develops a framework to study preventive maintenance actions when items are sold under warranty and reviews the models that have appeared in the literature. It then develops a new model and carries out its analysis

Lot-Sizing and Testing for Items with Uncertain Quality

We consider the problem where items are produced in lots and sold with warranty. Due to manufacturing variability, some items do not conform to the design specifications and their performance is inferior (for example, have higher failure rate). The warranty servicing cost for these is much higher than for those which conform. Two approaches have been advocated for reducing the warranty cost per item released and in both it is achieved at the expense of increased manufacturing cost. The first involves life testing to weed out nonconforming items and the second involves strategies to reduce nonconforming items being produced. In this paper, the authors develop a model which combines both approaches and quality control decisions are made optimally to minimize the total (manufacturing and warranty) cost. It extends the earlier models of the authors which deals with quality decisions based solely on either the first or the second approach