Title :
Recent trends and benefits of remanufacturing: from closed loop businesses to synergetic networks
Author :
Steinhilper, Rolf
Author_Institution :
Bayreuth Univ., Germany
Abstract :
By presenting a global perspective of current technology trends and business plans of key remanufacturing activities in various industries, this contribution identifies remanufacturing as a profitable, both economic and ecologic approach to close the gap between shorter innovation cycles and longer product lives also in the electric and electronic industry. For this purpose a global review and evaluation of up-to-date remanufacturing companies´ activities of various products and industries, their opportunities, challenges and outlooks have been done, and will be presented as a state-of-the-art report and an aid to decision making
Keywords :
electronics industry; manufacturing industries; recycling; closed loop businesses; ecologic approach; economic approach; electrical goods industry; electronic industry; long product lives; remanufacturing; short innovation cycles; synergetic networks; Costs; Decision making; Electronics industry; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Manufacturing industries; Marketing and sales; Modems; Recycling; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992404
