Refurbishing and remanufacturing differ in that the former allows for restored products of lower quality than new ones. Motivated by competition between refurbished product remanufactured product, our article examines strategic choices original equipment manufacturer (OEM) upstream manufacturer/rival third party. We develop a no-remanufacturing model two cooperative models to characterize probl...

Remanufacturing has been widely adopted in the industrial sector due to carbon emission constraints and economic benefits. This paper discusses a closed-loop supply chain composed of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), authorized remanufacturer (AR), that is licensed by OEM carry out remanufacturing activities presence strategic consumers under cap-and-trade regulations. We establish Stac...

We study the following lot-sizing models that recently appeared in the literature: a lotsizing model with a remanufacturing option, a lot-sizing model with production time windows, and a lot-sizing model with cumulative capacities. We show the equivalence of these models with a classical model: the lot-sizing model with inventory bounds.

In this chapter we look at the strategic issue facing firms regarding whether or not to remanufacture their used products. We identify some direct costs of remanufacturing as well as some opportunity costs that should be included in a firm’s decision to remanufacture or support the secondary market of remanufactured products. We also explore how this decision may change under different competit...

Remanufacturing scheme design (RSD) is an essential step in the restoration and upgrading of used products. However, quantity remanufactured products growing rapidly, customers have personalized demands for that lead to shorter cycles. In addition, are scrapped due their own defects, such as performance failure functional degradation, which correspond inherent remanufacturing demand (IRD) Faced...

Nowadays, there has been a growing interest in recovery options such as recycling, remanufacturing and reusing in the scope of Reverse Logistics (RL) and Closed-Loop Supply Chain (CLSC) concepts due to the environmental, economical issues and legal obligations. Due to this fact, companies should take into account the utilized recovery option while preparing both strategic planning and tactical ...