Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits Analysis of Remanufacturing Strategies for Used Products

Qingshan Gong, Yurong Xiong, Zhigang Jiang (), Xugang Zhang, Mingmao Hu and Zhanlong Cao
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Qingshan Gong: College of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, China
Yurong Xiong: College of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, China
Zhigang Jiang: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Wuhan University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Xugang Zhang: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Wuhan University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Mingmao Hu: College of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, China
Zhanlong Cao: College of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, China

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 21, 1-20

Abstract: The operating environment and using conditions of mechanical products are complex and diverse, which has caused a large number of mechanical products to be unable to be remanufactured or have low-remanufacturability. Such products are often ignored by remanufacturing companies and society, which aggravates environmental pollution and waste of resources. Therefore, this article provides a decision-making model for two strategies of complete machine remanufacturing (CMR) and part remanufacturing (PR) for used products with low-remanufacturability. Firstly, from the perspective of the remanufacturing process under the existing technical conditions, the economic, environmental, and social benefits of different remanufacturing solutions are analyzed. Secondly, the entropy method is used to weigh the economic, environmental, and social benefits to reduce the model error, and the linear regression method is used to find the comprehensive benefits of its different remanufacturing strategies. Finally, through the decision-making research on the remanufacturing strategies of the used machine tool CA6180, the results show that the tested machine tool should choose the remanufacturing strategy of PR and put it on the market. Moreover, the decision-making strategy proposed in this paper helps to realize a resource-saving and environment-friendly manufacturing ecology and provides a new perspective for remanufacturing research.

Keywords: decision-making; used products; low-remanufacturability; remanufacturing strategy; comprehensive benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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