Analysis of issues relating to remanufacturing technology – a case of an Indian company

Mukherjee, Kampan; Mondal, Sandeep

doi:10.1080/09537320902969174

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“…Overall, the above findings on technical difficulties are in line with the interview results as both managers recognized the large technological gap between the Chinese domestic and foreign auto-parts manufacturers. The finding is also in line with a previous study which suggests a common technological gap between developed and less developed nations (Mukherjee and Mondal, 2009). …”

Section: Technical Issuessupporting

confidence: 82%

“…The twin management issues of the lack of skilled workforce and organizational integration are similarly reported as predominant barriers to a firm's decision to implement remanufacturing in the west (Mukherjee and Mondal, 2009;Kapetanopoulou and Tagaras, 2011). However, with both companies determined to only remanufacture in-house to safeguard quality and IP protection, significant investment in remanufacturing related R&D, RL and workforce training will be required.…”

Section: Management Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The lack of expertise and skilled workforce with the requisite knowhow is a predominant barrier in the inspection, refurbishing and reassembly process and a major reason for firms electing not to undertake remanufacturing activities (Mukherjee and Mondal, 2009;Kapetanopoulou and Tagaras, 2011).…”

Section: Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Viability of remanufacturing practice: a strategic decision making framework for Chinese auto-parts companies

Abdulrahman

Subramanian

Liu

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

114

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Remanufacturing is a sustainable and proven profitable practice in the western world.Research on remanufacturing practices is relatively unexploited in China, despite being the "global factory" and both the world's largest automobile manufacturer and vehicle market.The increasing amount of automotive output and End-of-Life vehicles (ELVs) in China provides Chinese auto-parts companies with significant potential for environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery. Using case studies, we have investigated the status of remanufacturing practices, key determinants for strategic decision making to remanufacture in-house, outsource remanufacturing and/or not to engage in remanufacturing in Chinese auto parts firms using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP). This study suggests that Chinese firms are keen to adopt remanufacturing practice in-house compared to outsourcing despite a lack of technical and managerial capabilities.Key words: Remanufacturing, automotive, China, strategic decision making, analytical hierarchy process (AHP) INTRODUCTIONThe unprecedented and sometimes wasteful use of the environment as the natural provider of resources and sink for discarded end-of-life/end-of-use products and waste is proving to be unsustainable. There is increasing realization that manufacturing needs to produce more with less and different raw materials, to be ethical and sustainable. Achieving this will require materials wastage to be reduced and production to more closely match demand. This is why manufacturing firms, especially original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers, are under increasing pressure from stakeholders, including regulators, customers and employees to produce ethically, reuse/recycle, remanufacture, and/or to safely discard 3 their waste in accordance with the absorptive and regenerative capacity of the planet (Barker and Zabinsky, 2011).Of the many sustainable strategies, tools and techniques developed over the years aimed at improving productivity and economic longevity of manufacturing businesses, remanufacturing plays an important role. Remanufacturing has resulted in increased profits and market share for manufacturers in Western countries (Jayaraman and Luo, 2007;Giannetti, 2012). Remanufacturing further benefits businesses in terms of cost saving from reduced resource requirements, through assets recovery and reusing/recycling, cost savings from not using landfills, expanded product life cycle, increased employment rate and improved brand image (Sarkis, 2010;Kapetanopoulou and Tagaras, 2011;Zhang, et al., 2011).The automotive industry is one of the leading industries in remanufacturing and product recovery strategy, with 70% of all remanufacturing companies being in the automotive sector (Steinhilper, 2011;Zhang, et al., 2011). Furthermore, of all major products that are being The major motivation for this study is to (i) develop a remanufacturing decision-making framework for the Chinese auto-parts manufacturers' strategic decisions to either engage in the rem...

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Viability of remanufacturing practice: a strategic decision making framework for Chinese auto-parts companies

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“…Kannan et al [25] To construct a multi-criteria group decisionmaking (MCGDM) model through ISM and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) to guide the selection process of best third-party reverse logistics providers. Mukherjee and Mondal [26] To examine relevant issues in managing the remanufacturing technology for an Indian company. Feng et al [27] To propose a hybrid fuzzy integral decision-making model, which integrates factor analysis, ISM, Markov chain, fuzzy integral and the simple additive weighted method, for selecting locations of high-tech manufacturing centers.…”

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An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Evaluating Wind Farm Performance

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Abstract:The demands for alternative energy resources have been increasing exponentially in the 21st century due to continuous industrial development, depletion of fossil fuels and emerging environmental consciousness. Renewable energy sources, including wind energy, hydropower energy, geothermal energy, solar energy, biomass energy and ocean power, have received increasing attention as alternative means of meeting global energy demands. After Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in March 2011, more and more countries are having doubt about the safety of nuclear plants. As a result, safe and renewable energy sources are attracting even more attention these days. Wind energy production, with its relatively safer and positive environmental characteristics, has evolved in the past few decades from a marginal activity into a multi-billion dollar industry. In this research, a comprehensive evaluation model is constructed to select a suitable location for developing a wind farm. The model incorporates interpretive structural modeling (ISM), benefits, opportunities, costs and risks (BOCR) and fuzzy analytic network process (FANP). Experts in the field are invited to contribute their expertise in evaluating the importance of the factors and various aspects of the wind farm evaluation OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2011, 4 2003 problem, and the most suitable wind farm can finally be generated from the model. A case study is carried out in Taiwan in evaluating the expected performance of several potential wind farms, and a recommendation is provided for selecting the most appropriate wind farm for construction.

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“…Enterprises have to spend lots of money on replacing the damaged parts. By adopting remanufacturing, firms could make the cost down to the original 30%~40% or so [2]. Due to the number of the recycled rotating parts in remanufacturing enterprises is huge, it is very important to detect surface defects accurately and rapidly.…”

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confidence: 99%

New method for detecting surface defects of the rotational parts in remanufacturing service

Liu¹,

Xia²,

Wang³

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 5th International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Computing Technology (ICMMCT 2017)

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Abstract.Remanufacturing is an important path to realize the sustainable development on modern industry. Defect detection is considered one of the most scientific and developed services in remanufacturing. Aiming to find surface defects of the rotational parts rapidly and accurately in the process of remanufacturing service, a new method based on improved two-dimensional reciprocal cross entropy is proposed in this paper. By using the adaptive morphological filtering, the 2D histogram is established, which enhances the anti-noise performance of the method. To accelarate the running time, the 2D reciprocal cross entropy threshold selection criterion function is decomposed into two independent 1D threshold selection criterion functions, then, the threshold determined by these two functions are jointed together to achieve the desired. Finally, through a case study of rollers, compared with one dimensional maximum entropy method, two-dimensional Otsu method and two-dimensional maximum entropy method, the practicability and effectiveness of the method is verified.

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Analysis of issues relating to remanufacturing technology – a case of an Indian company

Cited by 65 publications

References 30 publications

Viability of remanufacturing practice: a strategic decision making framework for Chinese auto-parts companies

Viability of remanufacturing practice: a strategic decision making framework for Chinese auto-parts companies

An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Evaluating Wind Farm Performance

New method for detecting surface defects of the rotational parts in remanufacturing service

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