We study a firm that makes new products in the first period and uses returned cores to make remanufactured products (along with new products) in future periods. The remanufactured product is differentiated from the new product, so the firm needs to choose differentiated prices. We analyze the monopoly environment in two-period, multi-period (three, four and five) and infinite planning horizons,...

As recognized by several authors, the design of a reverse logistics network is a complex problem and still relatively unexplored and underdeveloped. We propose a binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO)-based scheme for solving a NP-hard remanufacturing network design problem. The algorithm combines a traditional stochastic search with an optimal solution method for solving to optimality a rel...

A considerable amount of work has recently been applied to the development of processes to reduce negative environmental impacts of disposal products. Different waste reduction options such as direct reuse, repair, refurbishing, cannibalization, and remanufacturing were introduced to overcome these shortages. This paper studies an integrated system of manufacturing and remanufacturing using a c...

The government as a policy maker wishing to promote remanufacturing and proper disposal of hazardous old products which are harmful to environment has taken many actions, ranging from carbon regulation and financial incentives such as trade-in subsidy. However, carbon tax can result in loss of profit for firms to some degree, so the government has to give other subsidy to balance the profits an...

Padakala, Bhavana, "Inventory management in a manufacturing/remanufacturing hybrid system with condition monitoring" (2008).

This paper develops a model for remanufacturing decisions in a two-stage supply chain with one manufacturer, one retailer and one external local remanufacturer, who collects used products and then reproduces them into a new one if the manufacturer does not join in remanufacturing process. This paper is different from most of the extant studies about remanufacturing because they consider decisio...

Here we discuss the lot sizing problem of product returns and remanufacturing. Let us consider a forecast of demands and product returns over a finite planning horizon — the problem is to determine an optimal production plan. This consists of either manufacturing new products or remanufacturing returned units, and in this way meets both demands at minimum costs. The costs of course are the fixe...

This study addresses the scheduling problem in remanufacturing engineering. The purpose of this paper is to model effectively to solve remanufacturing scheduling problem. The problem is modeled as flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) and is divided into two stages: scheduling and re-scheduling when new job arrives. The uncertainty in timing of returns in remanufacturing is modeled as new...

In this paper we consider the problem of designing a mixed assembly–disassembly line for remanufacturing. That is, parts from the disassembly and repair of used products can be used to build “new” products. This is a problem common to many OEM remanufacturers, such as Xerox or Kodak. We study two main configurations, under the assumption that the disassembly sequence is exactly the reverse of t...