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  • 1.
    Hermansson, Henning
    et al.
    Linköpings Universitet.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Development of an automatic cleaning process for toner cartridges2007In: Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Business / [ed] Shozo Takata and Yasushi Umeda, London: Springer , 2007, 1, p. 257-261Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Life cycle engineering deals with technologies for shifting the industry from mass production and mass consumption paradigm to closed loop manufacturing paradigm, in which required functions are provided for customers with the minimum amount of production. This subject is discussed from the various aspects, such as life cycle design, design for environment, reduce/reuse/recycle, life cycle assessment, and sustainable business models.

    Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses gathers together papers from the 14th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference. This conference is the longest running annual meeting in the field, in which papers are presented regarding developments of leading edge technologies, proposals of new concepts, and prominent industry case studies.

  • 2.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Öhlund Sandström, Gunilla
    Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Integrated Product and Service Engineering - the IPSE project2006In: Proceedings: Changes to Sustainable Consumption: Workshop of the Sustainable  Consumption Reasearch Exchange (SCORE!), Linköping: Linköpings universitet , 2006Conference paper (Refereed)
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  • 3.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Environmental issues with the remanufacturing industry2006In: Proceedings of the 13th CIRP international conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , 2006, p. 447-452Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Researchers often regard remanufacturing as an environmentally beneficial end-of-life option. There have been, however, few environmental measurements performed in the area. The aim of this paper is to identify general environmental pros and cons with remanufacturing. This is done through the analysis of practical examples in remanufacturing industries. Life Cycle Assessment methodology has been used for the environmental validations.

    The first conclusion, based on the industrial cases and the literature review, is that remanufacturing is preferable from a material resource perspective when compared with manufacturing of new products. The second conclusion is that remanufacturing is preferable from a more overarching perspective for some of the investigated cases, but it is not possible to draw any general conclusions since the companies studied are few and benefits from remanufacturing are highly context-related.

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  • 4.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Technique and Management. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Concepts and definitions for product recovery: analysis and clarification of the terminology used in academia and industry2006In: Innovation in Life Cycle Engineering and Sustainable Development / [ed] Daniel Brissaud, Serge Tichkiewitch, Peggy Zwolinski, Dordrect, The Netherlands: Springer Verlag , 2006, p. 123-138Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The focus of this book is the consideration of environmental issues in engineering process and product design. It presents a selection of 30 papers ensuing from the 12th CIRP International seminar on Life Cycle Engineering. This book is of interest to academics, students and practitioners, specializing in environmental issues in mechanical engineering, design and manufacturing. This volume is recommended as a reference textbook for all researchers in the field.

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  • 5.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Concepts and definitions for product recovery: analysis and clarification of the terminology used in academia and industry2006In: Innovation in Life Cycle Engineering and Sustainable Development / [ed] Daniel Brissaud, Serge Tichkiewitch, Peggy Zwolinski, Springer Netherlands, 2006, p. 123-138Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper presents and clarifies the academic and industrial terminology used in the area of product recovery. It is concluded that there exist many different concepts and definitions in academia and industry, several of which are unclearly defined. Given this, a new way to define product recovery is presented through the use of a model. This model is based on actual industrial product recovery cases, existing academic product recovery concepts and definitions and product design theory. The presentation contains a holistic model that can be used for describing and analyzing different product recovery scenarios. In addition, several industry cases are presented as a verification of the model.

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  • 6.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Environmental Technology and Management. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Industrial Marketing and Industrial Economics.
    Ölundh Sandström, Gunilla
    Department of Machine Design, School of Industrial Technology and Management, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Industrial Marketing and Industrial Economics.
    Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Industrial Marketing and Industrial Economics. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Learning networks: a method for Integrated Product and Service Engineering - experience from the IPSE project2008In: Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier: The 41st CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems May 26–28, 2008, Tokyo, Japan / [ed] Mamoru Mitsuishi, Kanji Ueda, Fumihiko Kimura., London: Springer , 2008, p. 495-500Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim with the Integrated Product and Service Engineering (IPSE) project is to develop a methodology for companies that want to make the journey of moving from selling products to also sell Integrated Product and Service Offerings. In order to achieve that major changes are needed in the companies. In this paper the learning network approach is described as well as the content of the workshop series that the companies participated in. The findings show that a learning network approach is beneficial methodology for achieving changes in the companies, since the participants learn from each other and from the researchers.

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  • 7.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Svensson, Rickard
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Trender inom återtillverkning & återvinning i Japan2006Report (Other academic)
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  • 8.
    Sundin, Erik
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology .
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology .
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology .
    Product Remanufacturing Facilitated by New Business Strategies2008In: Swedish Production Symposium,2008, 2008Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    More and more companies are striving to expand their business strategies so that revenues and profitability emanates from a larger part of the product life cycle than just the product selling. One way of doing this is to have business offerings consisting of a combination of products and services, and where the selling companies retain the ownership of the physical product. Remanufacturing is often an important means for achieving profitable Product Service Systems. Remanufacturing is an industrial process of returning a used product to at least Original Equipment Manufacturer original performance specification, this from the customers- perspective. The resultant product is also given a warranty that is at least equal to that of a newly manufactured equivalent. Thus, by formulating a business strategy in a life cycle perspective, remanufacturing becomes a service in the product-s life cycle. Remanufacturing can help limit the life cycle costs. It is suggested that up to 85% by weight of remanufactured products may be obtained from used components, and that such products have comparable quality to equivalent new products but require 50% to 80% less energy to produce. It is shown that new business approaches like Product Service System facilitates remanufacturing and vice versa. 

  • 9.
    Sundin, Erik
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Technique and Management.
    Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Anna
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics.
    Öhlund, A
    Sandström, G
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Integrated Product and Service Engineering Methodology2006In: Intl Conference of Sustainable Innovation October 23-24,2006, 2006Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

      

  • 10.
    Sundin, Erik
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Case Study of Three Toner Cartridge Remanufacturers2005In: EcoDesign-05,2005, 2005Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 11.
    Sundin, Erik
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Why is Remanufacturing More Successful in the United States than in Sweden?2008In: CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering,2008, 2008, p. 247-251Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Remanufacturing can be defined as a process of rebuilding a product, during which: the used product is cleaned, inspected and disassembled; defective components are replaced; and the product is reassembled,tested and inspected again to ensure it meets or exceeds newly manufactured product standards. Hence, remanufacturing would not only promote the multiple reuse of materials, but it would also allow for upgrading the quality and the functions of products steadily, without manufacturing completely new products and throwing away used ones. Remanufacturing is often seen as an environmentally sound way of salvaging the resources that are put into products when shaped. The methodology used was to study literature about American and Swedish remanufacturers. In this study,different kinds of success factors for remanufacturing were identified. Secondly, a qualitative research study was performed through visits to remanufacturers and to universities performing remanufacturing research.The interviews show that there are multiple reasons why remanufacturing is advantageous in the United States. These reasons are also dependant on what type of remanufacturing case that is considered. The potential sources identified for remanufacturing success potential in the USA compared to Sweden were cultural behaviour, closeness to a secondary market and a greater focus on price.

  • 12.
    Sundin, Erik
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Industrial Economics. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Environmental Technology and Management. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Ölundh Sandström, Gunilla
    Department of Machine Design, School of Industrial Technology and Managemant, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
    Remanufacturing of Products used in Product Service System Offerings2008In: Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier / [ed] Mamoru Mitsuishi, Kanji Ueda, Fumihiko Kimura, London, UK: Springer London, 2008, 1, p. 537-542Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    As a product service system provider it is important to consider its benefits and drawbacks. Connecting the product service system with a remanufacturing system has a good potential of being economically and environmentally beneficial. This paper elucidates the case of three different remanufacturers and how their relation with their core provider affects their business. Products sold as a part of a product service system have great potential of being remanufactured in an efficient manner. This is for example due to large possibilities to plan the remanufacturing operations and to achieve pre-information about the cores coming in to the remanufacturing facilities.

  • 13.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Effectiveness in the Closed-Loop Supply Chain: A Study Regarding Remanufacturing2005In: EEE International Engineering Management Conference IEMC 2005,2005, 2005Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 14.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Material and Process Complexity: Implications for Remanufacturing2005In: Proceedings of EcoDesign-05, 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Tokyo, Japan, 12-14 December, 2005, p. 154-161Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Remanufacturing is a complex business. Many different factors and decisions affect the performance of a remanufacturing process. In this paper, four different remanufacturing cases are analyzed in how they manage these complexities. Based on the generic remanufacturing process, remanufacturing can be divided into the five phases of pre-disassembly, disassembly, reprocessing, reassembly and post-assembly. In each of these phases, a discussion is made regarding the specific factors and decisions that influence the order and purpose of the individual operations.

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    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    On Remanufacturing Systems: Analysing and Managing Material Flows and Remanufacturing Processes2008Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of remanufacturing is to retrieve a product’s inherent value when the product no longer fulfils the user’s desired needs. By taking advantage of this inherent value through different product recovery alternatives, there is a potential for both economically and environmental advantageous recovery of products.

    Remanufacturing is a complex business due to the high degree of uncertainty in the production process, mainly caused by two factors: the quantity and the quality of returned products. These factors have implications both on the external processes, e.g. coordinating input of returned products with the demand for remanufactured products, as well as the internal processes that coordinates the operations within the factory walls. This additional complexity needs to be considered when organising the remanufacturing system.

    The objective of this dissertation is to explore how remanufacturing companies can become more competitive through analysing and managing material flows and remanufacturing processes.

    The first issue discussed in this dissertation is the drivers that make companies interested in remanufacturing products in the first place. The conclusion is that the general drivers are profit, company policy and the environmental drivers. In a general sense, the profit motivation is the most prevalent business driver, but still there are situations where this motivation is secondary to policy and environmental drivers. Secondly, the need to balance the supply of returned products with the demand for remanufactured products shows that the possible remanufacturing volumes for a product are dependent on the shape of the supply and demand distributions. By using a product life cycle perspective, the supply and demand situations can be foreseen and support is given on possible strategies in these different supply and demand situations. Thirdly, how used products are gathered from customers is categorised by seven different customer relationship types. These types all have different effects on the remanufacturing system, and the characteristics of these relationships are disused in detail.

    When considering the remanufacturing process within the factory walls, a generic remanufacturing process was developed that divides the remanufacturing process into five different phases; pre-disassembly, disassembly, reprocessing, reassembly and the post-assembly phase. These different phases are separated by three different key decision points in the process that also have a major impact on the material planning of the process. For the remanufacturing material planning and production planning, the possibility to apply lean principles can be difficult. One foundation for implementing lean principles in new production is the existence of standardised processes that are stable and predictable. In the remanufacturing system, the possibilities to realise a predictable process is limited by the “normal” variations in quantity and the quality of the returned cores. Even though lean principles can be problematic to implement in the remanufacturing environment, this dissertation proposes a number of solutions that can be used to make the remanufacturing process leaner.

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    1. Business drivers for remanufacturing
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Business drivers for remanufacturing
    2008 (English)In: Proceedings of CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Seminar , 15th edition, Sidney, Australia, 2008, p. 581-586Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper the aim is to explore what drives companies to get involved in the remanufacturing operations. In the previous research there have been numerous case studies that partly have addresses the issue of why a company is getting involved in remanufacturing. A main conclusion from this study is that the motives for remanufacturing a product are very case-dependent e.g. in what industry sector the company have business in and what product type being remanufactured. In this study it is found that there are mainly three general business drivers for remanufacturing. These are: profit, company policy and the environmental drivers. For remanufacturing to be successful, these drivers are crucial, although it does not propose that all of theses drivers have to be present for a successful remanufacturing system. When combining the profit, policy and environmental factors there is a great potential for a win-win-win situation, meaning that the customer gets a quality product at a lower price, the manufacturer reduces their manufacturing costs and the environment gains from a lower environmental impact.

    National Category
    Social Sciences
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13320 (URN)1877040673 (ISBN)
    Conference
    15th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
    Available from: 2008-05-27 Created: 2008-05-27 Last updated: 2016-04-12
    2. Product life-cycle implications for remanufacturing strategies
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Product life-cycle implications for remanufacturing strategies
    2009 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, Vol. 17, no 11, p. 999-1009Article in journal (Refereed) Published
    Abstract [en]

    For remanufacturing to be successful, there is a need to gain information on future market needs of remanufactured products, and match this to information on the magnitude of return flows. One of the major issues impacting remanufacturing is in the difficulty of obtaining used products (cores) that are suitable for remanufacturing. The timing and quantity of product returns is dependent on the type of product. Factors such as the mean product lifetime, rate of technical innovation, and failure rate of components all influence the return rate of products from end-of-use and end-of-life. The balance between product returns and demand for remanufactured products is a function of many variables, where the rate of technological innovation and the expected life of a product are the major influencing characteristics. The main contribution of this paper is the support that is provided in different supply and demand situations. By using a product life-cycle perspective, the supply and demand situations can be foreseen, and support given regarding possible strategies in these situations.

    Keywords
    Remanufacturing; Component cannibalization; Product life-cycle; Remanufacturing strategies
    National Category
    Social Sciences
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13321 (URN)10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.02.021 (DOI)
    Note

    Original Publication: Johan Östlin, Erik Sundin and Mats Björkman, Product Lifecycle Implications for Remanufacturing Strategies, 2009, Journal of Cleaner Production, (17), 11, 999-1009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.02.021 Copyright: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. http://www.elsevier.com/

    Available from: 2009-06-12 Created: 2009-03-09 Last updated: 2016-04-12Bibliographically approved
    3. Importance of Closed Loop Supply Chain Relationships for Product Remanufacturing
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Importance of Closed Loop Supply Chain Relationships for Product Remanufacturing
    2008 (English)In: International Journal of Production Economics, ISSN 0925-5273, E-ISSN 1873-7579, Vol. 115, no 2, p. 336-348Article in journal (Refereed) Published
    Abstract [en]

    Remanufacturing is an industrial process where used products are restored (remanufactured) to useful life. In comparison to manufacturing, remanufacturing has some general characteristics that complicate the supply chain and production system. For example, a company must collect the used products from the customers, and thus the timing and quality of the used products are usually unknown. Remanufacturing companies are dependent on customers to return used products (cores). In this paper, seven different types of closed-loop relationships for gathering cores for remanufacturing have been identified. The relationships identified are ownership-based, service-contract, direct-order, deposit-based, credit-based, buy-back and voluntary-based relationships. Building theory around these different types of relationships, several disadvantages and advantages are described in the paper. By exploring these relationships, a better understanding can be gained about the management of the closed-loop supply chain and remanufacturing.

    Keywords
    Product recovery, Reverse logistics, Relationship marketing
    National Category
    Social Sciences
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13322 (URN)10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.02.020 (DOI)
    Note
    Original Publication: Johan Östlin, Erik Sundin and Mats Björkman, Importance of Closed Loop Supply Chain Relationships for Product Remanufacturing, 2008, International Journal of Production Economics, (115), 2, 336-348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.02.020 Copyright: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. http://www.elsevier.com/ Available from: 2009-06-14 Created: 2009-03-09 Last updated: 2017-12-13Bibliographically approved
    4. Material and Process Complexity: Implications for Remanufacturing
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Material and Process Complexity: Implications for Remanufacturing
    2005 (English)In: Proceedings of EcoDesign-05, 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Tokyo, Japan, 12-14 December, 2005, p. 154-161Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Remanufacturing is a complex business. Many different factors and decisions affect the performance of a remanufacturing process. In this paper, four different remanufacturing cases are analyzed in how they manage these complexities. Based on the generic remanufacturing process, remanufacturing can be divided into the five phases of pre-disassembly, disassembly, reprocessing, reassembly and post-assembly. In each of these phases, a discussion is made regarding the specific factors and decisions that influence the order and purpose of the individual operations.

    Series
    Keywords
    assembling, manufacturing processes, recycling, disassembly, generic remanufacturing process, process complexity, reassembly, reprocessing
    National Category
    Engineering and Technology
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13323 (URN)10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619192 (DOI)
    Available from: 2008-05-27 Created: 2008-05-27 Last updated: 2009-06-09
    5. Lean Remanufacturing: a Study Regarding Material Flow
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lean Remanufacturing: a Study Regarding Material Flow
    2008 (English)Article in journal (Refereed) Submitted
    National Category
    Engineering and Technology
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13324 (URN)
    Available from: 2008-05-27 Created: 2008-05-27 Last updated: 2016-04-12
    6. Lean Production Principles in Remanufacturing: A Case Study at a Toner Cartridge Remanufacturer
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Lean Production Principles in Remanufacturing: A Case Study at a Toner Cartridge Remanufacturer
    2007 (English)In: Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, IEEE , 2007, p. 216-221Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Scandi-Toner AB works with remanufacturing of toner cartridges; both color cartridges and black cartridges The company Scandi-Toner and the remanufacturing industry in general do, compared to ordinary manufacturing, have some specific characteristics that might limit the possibilities to apply lean production principles, due to the high degree of uncertainty in the production process. These uncertainties are mainly caused by two factors: the quantity and quality of returned cores. Overall, these characteristics make the remanufacturing material flow harder to control. Hence the purpose of this paper is to analyze if lean productions principles for material flow can be applied in a remanufacturing environment, and especially at the Swedish remanufacturer Scandi-Toner AB. The analysis shows that lean production principles can be applied in remanufacturing environments, with some constraints. For the case company the study showed that for example the workshop layout could be improved significantly according to lean production principles. The one major conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis are that the inherent characteristics of variable processing times and uncertainty in materials recovered have the major negative impact for implementing a lean production process. Vice versa, given an accurate supply of parts for reassembly, all the appropriate principles of a lean production material flow can be implemented in the phases of reassembly and testing.

    Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
    IEEE, 2007
    Series
    IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, ISSN 1095-2020
    Keywords
    Lean Productlon, Value stream mapping, Rapid Plant Assesment, Remanufacturing
    National Category
    Social Sciences
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13325 (URN)10.1109/ISEE.2007.369397 (DOI)000248562400042 ()1-4244-0861-X (ISBN)
    Conference
    15th International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (ISEE) , May 7-10, Orlando, USA
    Available from: 2008-05-27 Created: 2008-05-27 Last updated: 2012-08-23
    7. Material handling in the remanufacturing industry: a case study of a diesel engine remanufacturing process
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Material handling in the remanufacturing industry: a case study of a diesel engine remanufacturing process
    2005 (English)In: Proceedings of CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Seminar, 12th edition, April 3-5, Laboratorie 3S, Grenoble France, 2005Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
    National Category
    Engineering and Technology
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13326 (URN)
    Available from: 2008-05-27 Created: 2008-05-27 Last updated: 2009-06-09
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  • 16.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Ekholm, Helene
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Lean Production Principles in Remanufacturing: A Case Study at a Toner Cartridge Remanufacturer2007In: Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, IEEE , 2007, p. 216-221Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Scandi-Toner AB works with remanufacturing of toner cartridges; both color cartridges and black cartridges The company Scandi-Toner and the remanufacturing industry in general do, compared to ordinary manufacturing, have some specific characteristics that might limit the possibilities to apply lean production principles, due to the high degree of uncertainty in the production process. These uncertainties are mainly caused by two factors: the quantity and quality of returned cores. Overall, these characteristics make the remanufacturing material flow harder to control. Hence the purpose of this paper is to analyze if lean productions principles for material flow can be applied in a remanufacturing environment, and especially at the Swedish remanufacturer Scandi-Toner AB. The analysis shows that lean production principles can be applied in remanufacturing environments, with some constraints. For the case company the study showed that for example the workshop layout could be improved significantly according to lean production principles. The one major conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis are that the inherent characteristics of variable processing times and uncertainty in materials recovered have the major negative impact for implementing a lean production process. Vice versa, given an accurate supply of parts for reassembly, all the appropriate principles of a lean production material flow can be implemented in the phases of reassembly and testing.

  • 17.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Technique and Management.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Managing Functional Sales Systems - Important Aspects for Making Functional Sales an Effective Business System2005In: 10th International Conference of Sustainable Innovation,,2005, 2005Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 18.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Mähl, M.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Lean Remanufacturing: a Study Regarding Material Flow2008Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 19.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Business drivers for remanufacturing2008In: Proceedings of CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Seminar , 15th edition, Sidney, Australia, 2008, p. 581-586Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper the aim is to explore what drives companies to get involved in the remanufacturing operations. In the previous research there have been numerous case studies that partly have addresses the issue of why a company is getting involved in remanufacturing. A main conclusion from this study is that the motives for remanufacturing a product are very case-dependent e.g. in what industry sector the company have business in and what product type being remanufactured. In this study it is found that there are mainly three general business drivers for remanufacturing. These are: profit, company policy and the environmental drivers. For remanufacturing to be successful, these drivers are crucial, although it does not propose that all of theses drivers have to be present for a successful remanufacturing system. When combining the profit, policy and environmental factors there is a great potential for a win-win-win situation, meaning that the customer gets a quality product at a lower price, the manufacturer reduces their manufacturing costs and the environment gains from a lower environmental impact.

  • 20.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Importance of Closed Loop Supply Chain Relationships for Product Remanufacturing2008In: International Journal of Production Economics, ISSN 0925-5273, E-ISSN 1873-7579, Vol. 115, no 2, p. 336-348Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Remanufacturing is an industrial process where used products are restored (remanufactured) to useful life. In comparison to manufacturing, remanufacturing has some general characteristics that complicate the supply chain and production system. For example, a company must collect the used products from the customers, and thus the timing and quality of the used products are usually unknown. Remanufacturing companies are dependent on customers to return used products (cores). In this paper, seven different types of closed-loop relationships for gathering cores for remanufacturing have been identified. The relationships identified are ownership-based, service-contract, direct-order, deposit-based, credit-based, buy-back and voluntary-based relationships. Building theory around these different types of relationships, several disadvantages and advantages are described in the paper. By exploring these relationships, a better understanding can be gained about the management of the closed-loop supply chain and remanufacturing.

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  • 21.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Björkman, Mats
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Product life-cycle implications for remanufacturing strategies2009In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, Vol. 17, no 11, p. 999-1009Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    For remanufacturing to be successful, there is a need to gain information on future market needs of remanufactured products, and match this to information on the magnitude of return flows. One of the major issues impacting remanufacturing is in the difficulty of obtaining used products (cores) that are suitable for remanufacturing. The timing and quantity of product returns is dependent on the type of product. Factors such as the mean product lifetime, rate of technical innovation, and failure rate of components all influence the return rate of products from end-of-use and end-of-life. The balance between product returns and demand for remanufactured products is a function of many variables, where the rate of technological innovation and the expected life of a product are the major influencing characteristics. The main contribution of this paper is the support that is provided in different supply and demand situations. By using a product life-cycle perspective, the supply and demand situations can be foreseen, and support given regarding possible strategies in these situations.

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  • 22.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Assembly technology . Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
    Svensson, R.
    Material handling in the remanufacturing industry: a case study of a diesel engine remanufacturing process2005In: Proceedings of CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Seminar, 12th edition, April 3-5, Laboratorie 3S, Grenoble France, 2005Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 23.
    Östlin, Johan
    et al.
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering.
    Östlin, Johan
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering.
    Lindahl, Mattias
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Technique and Management.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering.
    Sundin, Erik
    Linköping University, The Institute of Technology. Linköping University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assembly technology.
    Managing Functional Sales Systems - Important Aspects for Making Functional Sales an Effective Business System2006In: 10th International Conference of Sustainable Innovation,2006, Linköping: Linköpings universitet , 2006Conference paper (Refereed)
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