Remanufacturing and Remanufacturability Assessment for the Circular Economy: A Solutions Guide

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Authors
List of Abbreviations
List of Symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Sustainable Production, Circular Economy and Remanufacturing
1.2 Overview of the Solutions Guide
1.3 Chapter Overview
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Design for Remanufacturing
2.1.1 DfRem Activities
2.1.2 Desired Product Characteristics for DfRem
2.1.3 Guidelines for DfRem
2.1.3.1 Design for Reverse Logistic
2.1.3.2 Design for Disassembly
2.1.3.3 Design for Sorting and Inspection
2.1.3.4 Design for Cleaning
2.1.3.5 Design for Reconditioning
2.1.3.6 Design for Reassembly and Testing
2.1.4 Design for Remanufacturing Tools
2.1.5 Challenge and Future Trends of DfRem
2.2 Product Remanufacturability Assessment
2.2.1 Product-Level Remanufacturability Assessment
2.2.2 Parts-Level Remanufacturability Assessment
2.2.3 Challenge and Future Trends of Remanufacturability Assessment
2.3 Related Methodologies and Approaches
2.3.1 Design for Environment
2.3.2 Life Cycle Assessment
2.3.3 Multiobjective Decision-Making Analysis
2.4 Summary of the Chapter
Chapter 3 Early Design Stage
3.1 EOL Strategy Planning
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Framework for Product EOL Strategy Planning
3.1.2.1 Step I: Product-Level Feasibility Analysis
3.1.2.2 Step II: Part Level Feasibility Analysis
3.1.2.3 Step III: EOL Strategy Optimization for Economic Profit and Environmental Impact
3.1.2.4 Stage IV: Multi-Situational Analysis and Redesign Suggestions
3.1.3 Case Studies
3.1.4 Results and Discussion
3.1.5 Summary
3.2 Design for Remanufacturing
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Major DfRem Considerations
3.2.3 Evaluating the Impact of DfRem on Remanufacturing Performance
3.2.3.1 Step 1: Determining the Candidate Components for Remanufacturing
3.2.3.2 Step 2: Selecting the Evaluation Aspect and Design Candidates
3.2.3.3 Step 3: Building Performance Matrix
3.2.3.4 Step 4: Calculating the Weight Factor
3.2.3.5 Step 5: Developing Ranking for Design Candidates Using the Fuzzy TOPSIS Method
3.2.3.6 Step 6: Compatibility Check
3.2.4 Evaluating the Iof DfRem on Product Life Cycles
3.2.5 Overall Approach for Product Design for Remanufacturing and Its Software Implementation
3.2.6 Case Study I
3.2.7 Case Study II
3.2.8 Results and Discussion
3.2.9 Summary
3.3 Summary of the Chapter
Chapter 4 End-of-Life Stage
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Recovery Decision Making for Components of Returned Products
4.2.1 HALG for Product Structure Representation
4.2.2 Operational and Technological Assessments
4.2.3 Conditional Probability of Quality and Expected Profit
4.2.4 Economic and Environmental Indices
4.2.5 Overall Approach for EOL Decision Making of Returned Products
4.3 Case Studies
4.3.1 Case Study I
4.3.2 Case Study II
4.4 Results and Discussion
4.5 Summary of the Chapter
Chapter 5 Integrative Solution Guide for Remanufacturing and Opportunities for Industry 4.0 to Support Remanufacturing
5.1 Discussion of the DRRA Framework and Case Illustration
5.1.1 Feed Forward of the Product Knowledge from the Early-Stage EOL Strategy Planning to EOL Stage Recovery Plan Generation
5.1.2 Feed Forward and Backward of the Product Knowledge Between Early-Stage EOL Strategy Planning and Early-Stage Design for Remanufacturing
5.1.3 Feed Backward of the Product Knowledge from EOL Remanufacturing Stage to Early-Stage Product Design for Remanufacturing
5.2 Remanufacturing Rides the Wave of Industry 4.0
5.2.1 Smart Life Cycle Data
5.2.2 Smart Factory
5.2.3 Smart Services
5.3 Solutions Contributions
5.4 Limitations and Recommendations
Appendix
Bibliography
Index