This paper incorporates the effect of process inspection and restoration (Ben-Daya and Rahim, 2003) in an imperfect … inspection and restoration in imperfect production processes is good in cases of higher percentage of defective items produced (α … analysis to show the impact of the model parameters on the solution. The analysis shows that incorporating the inspection and …

undetected. Key to our analysis is the condition of whether a buyer can commit to the intensity of supply inspection. If a buyer …, however, may become complements when a buyer is able to commit to the intensity of supply inspection. Complementarity is … provide broad support for theory, which, we argue, might help to explain variation in inspection practices across industries …

and the existence of defective items in the production lot. Moreover, the use of machine inspection for maintenance and … restoration purposes has not been considered. On the other hand, past studies on maintenance models do not consider the length of … manufacturing quantities and maintenance by inspection. A simple relationship has been developed to determine the effectiveness of …

This paper deals with the determination of optimal inspection policies when inspections have the potential of being …, but in an impaired manner. This state can be detected only by performing an inspection. Once the device is known to be in … die impaired state, appropriate action may be taken to prolong its remaining life. In this respect inspection is valuable …

-induced certification acts as an inspection device, seller-induced certification as a signalling device. Seller-induced certification …