Warranty Management and Product Manufacture

• Main Authors: Murthy, D.N. Prabhakar (Author), Blischke, Wallace R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Marketing.; Production management.; Complexity, Computational.; Engineering design.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Engineering Design.; Operations Management.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Complexity.

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 fa...