Warranty Management and Product Manufacture

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.

From the reviews: "This is supposedly the final book on the subject from the authors and is being claimed as primarily written for managers ... . The authors also prescribe this book for graduate students of Business Management, Operations Management and Industrial Engineering. ... Overall, the book succeeds in its objective to a very large extent and the reviewer would like to recommend this book to any one who intends to get graduated in the intricacies of warranty designing and administration." (Krishna B. Misra, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 4 (3), 2008)

• and Overview.- Products and Product Quality.- Product Warranty.- Warranty Management.- Systems Approach to Warranty Management.- The Role and Use of Data in Warranty Management.- Warranty Cost Analysis.- Warranty Considerations in Product Design and Development.- Implications of Warranty on Production Decisions.- The Role of Warranty in Marketing.- Warranty Logistics.- Reliability Improvement Warranties.- Financial, Societal, and LegalAspects of Warranty.- Warranty Management Systems.- Conclusion.