New Technologies for Remanufacturing of Automotive Systems Communicating via CAN Bus

Steinhilper, Rolf; Freiberger, Stefan; Albrecht, Matthias; Käufl, Josef; Binder, E.; Brückner, Constantin

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“…The two companies are prominent representatives of the auto parts industry, being amongst the largest automobile parts manufacturers in China. Importantly, the products of both companies belong to an established remanufacturing category (Steinhilper, 2011). Besides, because both companies are suppliers to global brands (see Table 3); they are more likely to be better aware of global best practices such as remanufacturing.…”

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“…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 remanufacturing practice in-house, outsource or to not engage in remanufacturing and (ii) to investigate the critical factors affecting remanufacturing practices in the Chinese auto-parts industry.…”

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“…Furthermore, of all major products that are being remanufactured, automotive components remanufacturing is the most prevalent (Steinhilper, 2011).…”

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“…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 remanufacturing practice in-house, outsource or to not engage in remanufacturing and (ii) to investigate the critical factors affecting remanufacturing practices in the Chinese auto-parts industry.…”

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

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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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“…Furthermore, of all major products that are being remanufactured, automotive components remanufacturing is the most prevalent (Steinhilper, 2011).…”

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The ‘Internet of Things’ enabled real-time scheduling for remanufacturing of automobile engines

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Typical challenges that managers of remanufacturing face are composed of the lack of timely, accurate, and consistent information of remanufacturing resources. Therefore, it is difficult to implement real-time production scheduling for the shop floor. To address this problem, the authors applied the concept of the 'Internet of Things' to the remanufacturing of automobile engines to form an Internet of Manufacturing Things environment. Under the Internet of Manufacturing Things, an identification technology for disassembled engine parts was designed, and the real-time status of the remanufacturable resources can be monitored. Based on the captured remanufacturing information, a real-time production scheduling method was developed, and a mathematical model was developed to achieve cost reduction, dynamic management of remanufacturable resources, and energy consumption decrease. To obtain an optimal solution, a Pareto-based optimization method was used. Finally, a case study was performed to analyze the effectivity of the proposed method. The results showed that the remanufacturing cost and energy consumption were reduced by 34% and 34% respectively, and the worker load rate was more balanced. These improvements can contribute to more sustainable development and greener production within the remanufacturing industry, especially for remanufacturing of automobile engines.

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Investment Decision Issues from Remanufacturing System Perspective: Literature Review and Further Research

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New Technologies for Remanufacturing of Automotive Systems Communicating via CAN Bus

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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

The ‘Internet of Things’ enabled real-time scheduling for remanufacturing of automobile engines

Investment Decision Issues from Remanufacturing System Perspective: Literature Review and Further Research

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