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Remanufacturing in industry: advices from the field
- Source :
- The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 86:2575-2584
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- The sustainable management of wastes has attracted in the last decades an increasing number of industrial actors, policymakers and researchers. Environmental improvements, social responsibilities and economic opportunities led many manufacturers to implement different kinds of end-of-life (EoL) strategies. However, in many cases, these strategies are not supported by a correct commitment of top managers, but are implemented only in response to competitor’s actions. This paper aims to improve the understanding of management practices concerning remanufacturing activities. A mixed evaluation model based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is proposed. Its final aim is the evaluation of top management commitment in driving remanufacturing as an overall sustainable initiative into three different sectors (automotive, aerospace and medical equipments). The survey allowed to define the most critical factors for each sector and, so, to analyse underlying remanufacturing strategies.
- Subjects :
- 0209 industrial biotechnology
Media management
Decision support system
Engineering
Process management
Automotive industry
Analytic hierarchy process
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
020901 industrial engineering & automation
Survey research
SWOT analysis
Remanufacturing
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Decision support . Remanufacturing . Survey research
Decision support
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Control and Systems Engineering
Sustainable management
Systems engineering
business
Social responsibility
Software
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14333015 and 02683768
- Volume :
- 86
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2564d9fbfe2576e1ae269a82c64c980e