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Remanufacturing allows products returned by customers after their useful life to serve as sources for parts which are obtained through the product’s disassembly. Once the product is disassembled, these parts are inspected and (provided they are of good quality) reassembled into remanufactured items. These remanufactured products meet the quality standards of new products at a reduced price, thereby serving consumer demand and generating revenue for the firm. Remanufacturing also saves disposing of the returned product, reduces virgin material consumption in manufacturing, recovers more of the value than recycling and recovers this value using less energy. Remanufacturing requires parts obtained from the disassembly of cores as an input. When a certain amount of remanufactured products is required, a disassemble-to-order problem is tasked with determining how to meet the demand for these parts.
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(2007). Conclusion and outlook. In: Planning Demand-Driven Disassembly for Remanufacturing. DUV. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9595-3_5
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