As part of the circular economy, remanufacturing plays an important role in the economic and sustainable development of automotive industries. In this way, this article, through a systematic literature review, presents the main challenges faced by remanufacturing companies in their operations and how technologies towards Industry 4.0 can help to mitigate some of these problems. A case-study in an automotive company was carried out and compared with the results from the literature. It can be seen that even remanufacturing operation being done manually, and all parts replaced in case of uncertainties the cost saving from material recovered is still significant, which opens opportunities for future studies to consider the application of current used manufacturing technologies in the remanufacturing operation.