Remanufacturing

Remanufacturing - preparing a product for a second life

Challenge

The knowledge of designing a product for a second life will become even more important considering circular economy and protecting environmental resources. The Remanufacturing process is complex, and you need to consider many different aspects and perhaps also partnerships. The automotive industry has already understood the profitability potential in circular economy and other industries will soon be obliged to follow.

Solution

Remanufacturing is the definition of bringing an “old core or product” back to its original genuine specifications, not to be mixed up with other offers like Repair, Reuse, Refurbish and Renovate. When designing a product to be re-manufacturable it will also enable a more efficient final Recycling of the product. Alignment and preparation of strategies, requirements, engineering, logistics, operations, marketing and sales need to be considered for an efficient Reman product life cycle. Do not forget about the overall mindset of an organization to become more sustainable with associated profitability potentials of circular economy.