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Production planning and control for remanufacturing: industry practice and research needs
Author(s) -
Guide V.Daniel R
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/s0272-6963(00)00034-6
Subject(s) - remanufacturing , production planning , production (economics) , business , control (management) , reuse , product (mathematics) , operations management , value (mathematics) , industrial organization , computer science , manufacturing engineering , economics , microeconomics , engineering , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , waste management
Remanufacturing represents a higher form of reuse by focusing on value‐added recovery, rather than materials recovery (i.e., recycling). Remanufacturing systems are widespread in the United States and are profitable. However, the management of production planning and control activities can differ greatly from management activities in traditional manufacturing. We report on managerial remanufacturing practices via a survey of production planning and control activities at remanufacturing firms in the United States. Production planning and control activities are more complex for remanufacturing firms due to uncertainties from stochastic product returns, imbalances in return and demand rates, and the unknown condition of returned products. We identify and discuss seven complicating characteristics that require significant changes in production planning and control activities. We also describe the research opportunities that exist for each of the complicating characteristics.