...Liang Cong; Kai Zhou; Weiwei Liu; Ronghua Li Electric vehicle production is subjected to high manufacturing cost and environmental impact. Disassembling and remanufacturing the lithium-ion power packs can highly promote electric vehicle market penetration by procuring and regrouping reusable...

...Guangdong Tian; Cheng Zhang; Xuesong Zhang; Yixiong Feng; Gang Yuan; Tao Peng; Duc Truong Pham Product disassembly is a vital element of recycling and remanufacturing processes. The disassembly line balancing problem (DLBP), i.e., how to assign a set of tasks to a disassembly workstation...

...Koji Kimita; Johannes Matschewsky; Tomohiko Sakao Remanufacturing is a crucial component for our societies to move toward a circular economy. Compared with new manufacturing, the distinctive nature of remanufacturing is found to have high variability, high uncertainty and, thereby, complexity...

...Tangbin Xia; Kaigan Zhang; Bowen Sun; Xiaolei Fang; Lifeng Xi With the development of the product-service paradigm, many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have begun to provide remanufacturing services besides maintenance services as the lessors. An integrated contract including...

...Yue Wang; Gamini P. Mendis; Shitong Peng; John W. Sutherland Remanufacturing has recently received significant interest due to its environmental and economic benefits. Traditionally, the reassembly processes in remanufacturing systems are managed using a product-oriented model. When a product...

...Tomohiko Sakao; Erik Sundin Remanufacturing has gained attention from industry, but the literature lacks the scientific comprehension to realize efficient remanufacturing. This hinders a company from commencing or improving remanufacturing efficiently. To fill this gap, the paper proposes a set...