Remanufacturing in Industry 4.0

Environmental Issues within the Remanufacturing Industry

Researchers often regard remanufacturing as an environmentally beneficial end-of-life option. There have been, however, few environmental measurements performed in the area. The aim of this paper is to identify general environmental pros and cons with remanufacturing. This is done through the analysis of practical examples in remanufacturing industries. Life Cycle Assessment methodology has bee...

Core Acquisitions Planning in the Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Industry

An important problem faced by a remanufacturer is ensuring a sufficient supply of cores to support remanufacturing operations. The sourcing of cores to be remanufactured is a complex set of activities that requires careful coordination to avoid the uncontrolled accumulation of core inventory, or shortages leading to unacceptable levels of customer service. We report on current practice in the a...

Optimal Remanufacturing Certification Contracts in the Electrical and Electronic Industry

While remanufacturing is highly encouraged worldwide, some original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the electrical and electronics industry are still not willing to embrace remanufacturing, for fear of expensive investment or the cannibalization of existing products. Meanwhile, third-party remanufacturers’ (TPRs) remanufactured products are developing quickly. Due to quality reasons, consumer...

Remanufacturing in the Uk

Remanufacturing as a Sustainable Strategy in Shipbuilding Industry - A Case Study on Norwegian Shipyards

Shipbuilding industry in Norway, mainly operating in the Engineer-to-order environment, is one of the most innovative in the world in terms of technology and production methods. In this paper we investigate the applicability of the concept of remanufacturing in the shipbuilding industry. The research takes a case study approach to study the topic and also presents an overview of the existing li...