Approach Towards Model-Based Implementation of Remanufacturing Using the Example of Automated Guided Vehicle Industry

EasyChair Preprint 10158

Abstract

Our planet has a finite number of natural resources and the steadily increased consumption of these threatens our very existence in the climate crisis that prevails today. There are different strategies for the implementation of circular economy, where one of these possibilities is called remanufacturing. In this paper, a procedure model is developed, which supports companies during the introduction of remanufacturing processes. The result is a method for manufacturing companies and the implementation process of this model takes place step by step. The tool covers the critical areas for remanufacturing like product, production system, customer, business model as well as ecological, economic, and social impacts. The systematic application of the six-step process model is based on methods and tools that are well known in the industry. An excerpt of the tools mentioned is: PDCA cycle, value stream analysis, life cycle assessment, evaluation matrices, business model canvas and profit margin calculation. The effectiveness of the procedure model has been evaluated based on a company that develops and produces intelligent, driverless transport systems. In general, under critical evaluation the developed procedure model fulfills the objectives.

Keyphrases: Framework, Remanufacturing, circular economy, procedure model, resource efficiency

@booklet{EasyChair:10158,
  author    = {Manfred Strasser and Fabian Holly and Barna Gal and Sebastian Schlund},
  title     = {Approach Towards Model-Based Implementation of Remanufacturing Using the Example of Automated Guided Vehicle Industry},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10158},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}