TY - GEN
T1 - Variability and component criticality in component reuse and remanufcturing systems
AU - Pandey, Vijitashwa
AU - Thurston, Deborah
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Product take-back and remanufactunng systems are difficult to implement cost-effectively. Two contributing factors to this problem are the complex nature of the interrelationships among components, and their high degree of variability. Legislated take-back mandates have made it imperative for manufacturers to realize when there is value to be recovered in components and when there is not. This paper proposes a component criticality method to help ascertain this remaining value. We also develop a metric that measures the randomness or variability that a reuse alternative imposes on the remanufacturing system. A case study on washing machines illustrates how the two measures can be incorporated into a design decision model, can help reduce the complexity of reuse operations, and result in a superior design solution.
AB - Product take-back and remanufactunng systems are difficult to implement cost-effectively. Two contributing factors to this problem are the complex nature of the interrelationships among components, and their high degree of variability. Legislated take-back mandates have made it imperative for manufacturers to realize when there is value to be recovered in components and when there is not. This paper proposes a component criticality method to help ascertain this remaining value. We also develop a metric that measures the randomness or variability that a reuse alternative imposes on the remanufacturing system. A case study on washing machines illustrates how the two measures can be incorporated into a design decision model, can help reduce the complexity of reuse operations, and result in a superior design solution.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2007-35671
DO - 10.1115/DETC2007-35671
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44849106655
SN - 0791848027
SN - 9780791848029
SN - 0791848051
SN - 9780791848050
T3 - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
SP - 953
EP - 961
BT - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
T2 - ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, presented at - 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2007
Y2 - 4 September 2007 through 7 September 2007
ER -