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Inventory management in a manufacturing/ remanufacturing hybrid system with condition monitoring Bhavana Padakala
Iowa State University
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Padakala, Bhavana, "Inventory management in a manufacturing/remanufacturing hybrid system with condition monitoring" (2008).
Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 11925.
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Inventory management in a manufacturing/remanufacturing hybrid system with condition monitoring
by
Bhavana Padakala
A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Major: Industrial Engineering
Program of Study Committee:
Sarah M. Ryan, Major Professor
Jo Min
Danny J. Johnson
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
2008
Copyright © Bhavana Padakala, 2008. All rights reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... iv
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... vi
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1
1.1
Motivation
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