This paper emphasizes remanufacturing as an end-of-life option and the effects of fastening and joining methods on remanufacture. Three case studies describe examples of fastening and joining that facilitate assembly and recycling but impede remanufacturing. To illustrate the impact of fastening choices on remanufacture relative to other life-cycle concerns, the development of a computer tool t...

How to use the limited precision of remanufactured parts to assemble higher-quality remanufactured products is a challenge for remanufacturing engineering under uncertainty. On the basis of analyzing the uncertainty of remanufacturing parts, this paper takes tolerance redistributing of the reassembly (remanufactured assembly) dimensional chain as the research object. An entropy model to measure...

Product returns from market to the manufacturer can happen because of the motivation to capture the value content of the product after use or the obligation from legislation and the environmental concerns. A manufacturing system capable of integrating both the manufacturing and remanufacturing activities can help the recovery of value content in the products after the end of product’s use life....

A simple system dynamics model of a traditional/closed loop supply chain system is investigated. Particularly, the effect of remanufacture, remanufacturing lead-time and the return rate on the inventory variance and bullwhip effect were studied. Our results clearly showed that the bullwhip in the closed loop supply chain is bigger than one in traditional supply chain and foreign to the collecti...

5 http://ammtiac.alionscience.com Direct metal deposition (DMD) is an advanced additive manufacturing technology that enables repair and rebuild of worn/damaged components, as well as manufacture of new components. The technology is an extension of rapid prototyping, however, in contrast to most rapid prototyping processes, DMD produces fully dense, functional metal parts. Parts are made direct...

Environmental responsibility plays a significant role in the firm’s agendas nowadays. In this paper, we address the environmental operations of reverse logistics. Here we developed an integrated supply chain model with coordinated production and remanufacturing due to time-dependent rates. To study the problem we consider the demand to be satisfied with newly manufactured produced and the reman...

We examine a reverse supply chain consisting of a collection site, where consumers return used products, and a remanufacturing facility. Some of the returned products are transported to the remanufacturing facility in order to be remanufactured and used to satisfy the stochastic demand for remanufactured products. The quality of returns is characterized by uncertainty, and therefore, before the...

Remanufacturing can exert positive economic and environmental effects, but factors such as competition governmental regulations influence its development. In this paper, we investigated the impact of taxes on manufacturers’ production decisions in three cases a duopoly, which remanufacturing was not conducted or by one two manufacturers. Based game theory, firm’s decision discussed when only ma...

employing remanufactured and refurbished products are among the new strategies that companies used to raise their profits as well as protects environment. although used product equipment gives an opportunity to purchase latest technology, customers are doubtful about quality and reliability of these products. because of limitation that developing countries faces in buying new products, some cou...

Remanufacturing is an activity of the circular economy model whose purpose to keep high value products and materials. As opposed currently employed linear economic model, remanufacturing targets extension reduces unnecessary wasteful use resources. Remanufacturing, along with health status monitoring, constitutes a key element for lifetime reuse large industrial equipment. The major challenge d...