Remanufacturing als hefboom tot waardecreatie in een circulaire maakindustrie (COOCK Cirkel)

Context It is a circular evidence that more value can be derived from products with a longer lifespan, especially in a B2B context. This can be accomplished by maintaining, repurposing, repairing, remanufacturing. You should also be aware that many factors have an impact on the economic success of these life-extending activities. Many manufacturing companies are also faced with these major uncertainties and risks.

Objective This project is aimed at developing an approach and methods to address all these uncertainties step by step. By only focusing on the challenges that affect your business most at a particular time, you can be sure to be tackling priority issues first. We provide tools to be used according to your needs, including a checklist, diagrams and step-by-step plans.  
Additionally, we intend to familiarise you with a range of useful technologies aimed at supporting the efficiency of remanufacturing operations. A pre-selection of technologies will be made to match your situation.

 

Approach For the different steps a company needs to make for a new operational activity, specific questions and uncertainties need to be resolved first.    For each of these phases (see diagram), we combine business experience and theoretical insights with practical tools, to suit SMEs in particular. In the first phase, a casebook of leading and inspiring companies will be compiled in which insights will be shared to clarify why these cases are successful. A number of key questions to be used by SMEs to identify the most promising strategies will also be proposed. These questions will be the starting point for further action and validation. OEMs, for instance, will explore different opportunities than service companies or component manufacturers. 

 

Target Group SMEs that want to explore the potential of remanufacturing are our target group. Our focus is B2B, rather than B2C, both on manufacturing companies and service companies (maintenance, repair, etc.) that help extend the life of products.

Keywords:social economy, logistics, methodology, Manufacturing Industry, Remanufacturing Reuse Refurbishmen, circular economy

Disciplines:Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering not elsewhere classified