Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing

This article presents decision-making tools for remanufacturing. The first decision-making tool was used to address inventory lot-sizing problems in a hybrid remanufacturing–manufacturing system with varying remanufacturing fraction. In this article, the new inventory lot-sizing model with variable...

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Main Authors: Magdalene, Andrew-Munot, Raafat, N. Ibrahim
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
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description This article presents decision-making tools for remanufacturing. The first decision-making tool was used to address inventory lot-sizing problems in a hybrid remanufacturing–manufacturing system with varying remanufacturing fraction. In this article, the new inventory lot-sizing model with variable remanufacturing lot sizes has been shown to exhibit better performance than the benchmark model with fixed remanufacturing lot sizes. The new inventory lot-sizing model is anticipated to become a valuable decision-making tool in companies that are planning to adopt remanufacturing. The second decision-making tool was applied to address a production and inventory planning problem in a remanufacturing system considering different remanufacturing policies for a given remanufacturing strategy. For a remanufacture-to-stock system with two quality remanufacturables groups four alternative policies were examined, a policy which specifies simultaneous processing utilising dedicated resources was shown to be the best policy to achieve a shorter remanufacturing cycle time. For a remanufacture-to-order system with two quality remanufacturables groups, the three relevant policies of the four alternative policies were examined, a policy which specifies sequential processing and switching between various quality remanufacturables groups was shown to be the best policy to achieve a shorter remanufacturing cycle time. The production and inventory planning simulation models in a remanufacturing system are expected to become significant decision-making tools in remanufacturing operations.
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spelling unimas-168132017-07-05T04:13:39Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16813/ Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing Magdalene, Andrew-Munot Raafat, N. Ibrahim TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This article presents decision-making tools for remanufacturing. The first decision-making tool was used to address inventory lot-sizing problems in a hybrid remanufacturing–manufacturing system with varying remanufacturing fraction. In this article, the new inventory lot-sizing model with variable remanufacturing lot sizes has been shown to exhibit better performance than the benchmark model with fixed remanufacturing lot sizes. The new inventory lot-sizing model is anticipated to become a valuable decision-making tool in companies that are planning to adopt remanufacturing. The second decision-making tool was applied to address a production and inventory planning problem in a remanufacturing system considering different remanufacturing policies for a given remanufacturing strategy. For a remanufacture-to-stock system with two quality remanufacturables groups four alternative policies were examined, a policy which specifies simultaneous processing utilising dedicated resources was shown to be the best policy to achieve a shorter remanufacturing cycle time. For a remanufacture-to-order system with two quality remanufacturables groups, the three relevant policies of the four alternative policies were examined, a policy which specifies sequential processing and switching between various quality remanufacturables groups was shown to be the best policy to achieve a shorter remanufacturing cycle time. The production and inventory planning simulation models in a remanufacturing system are expected to become significant decision-making tools in remanufacturing operations. Taylor & Francis Group 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16813/1/Development_and_analysis_of_mathematical%28abstract%29.pdf Magdalene, Andrew-Munot and Raafat, N. Ibrahim (2013) Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing. Production Planning & Control, 24 (12). pp. 1081-1100. ISSN 0953-7287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2012.654667 10.1080/09537287.2012.654667
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Magdalene, Andrew-Munot
Raafat, N. Ibrahim
Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title_full Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title_fullStr Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title_short Development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
title_sort development and analysis of mathematical and simulation models of decision-making tools for remanufacturing
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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