TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of design for remanufacturing guidelines to support sustainable manufacturing
AU - Ijomah, Winifred L.
AU - McMahon, Christopher A.
AU - Hammond, Geoffrey P.
AU - Newman, Stephen T.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Developing sustainable approaches to manufacture is a critical global concern. Key measures towards this include practicing design for environment (ecodesign), for example by improving remanufacturing efficiency and effectiveness. Remanufacturing is a process of bringing used products to a "like-new" functional state with warranty to match. Its significance is that it can be both profitable and less harmful to the environment in comparison to conventional manufacturing. Remanufacturing has a low profile in world economies and is poorly understood because of its relative novelty in research terms. However, environmental and competitive pressures are changing the global and business environment and this is fuelling interest in the practice. This paper provides the background to remanufacturing together with the findings from workshops recently undertaken in the UK as part of research into design and manufacturing approaches to facilitate remanufacturing. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Developing sustainable approaches to manufacture is a critical global concern. Key measures towards this include practicing design for environment (ecodesign), for example by improving remanufacturing efficiency and effectiveness. Remanufacturing is a process of bringing used products to a "like-new" functional state with warranty to match. Its significance is that it can be both profitable and less harmful to the environment in comparison to conventional manufacturing. Remanufacturing has a low profile in world economies and is poorly understood because of its relative novelty in research terms. However, environmental and competitive pressures are changing the global and business environment and this is fuelling interest in the practice. This paper provides the background to remanufacturing together with the findings from workshops recently undertaken in the UK as part of research into design and manufacturing approaches to facilitate remanufacturing. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Industrial economics
KW - Reverse engineering
KW - Process planning
KW - Production engineering
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Cost benefit analysis
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2007.02.017
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34547728058
U2 - 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.02.017
DO - 10.1016/j.rcim.2007.02.017
M3 - Article
SN - 0736-5845
VL - 23
SP - 712
EP - 719
JO - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
JF - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
IS - 6
ER -
