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Opportunities for Industry 4.0 to Support Remanufacturing

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Yang, Shanshan, M. R., Aravind Raghavendra, Kaminski, Jacek, Pepin, Helene·2018·Applied Sciences

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Remanufacturing is the process of bringing end-of-life products back to good-as-new. It plays a critical role in decoupling economic growth from growth in resource use, and in accelerating the circular economy. However, the uptake of remanufacturing activities faces obstacles. This paper reviews the challenges encountered by the remanufacturing sector and discusses how the Industry 4.0 revolution could help to effectively address these issues and unlock the potential of remanufacturing. Two case studies are included in this paper to exemplify how technology enablers from Industry 4.0 can increase efficiency, reliability, and digitization of the remanufacturing process.

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Authors
Yang, S., M. R., A. R., Kaminski, J., & Pepin, H.
Affiliations
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
  • Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 3 CleanTech Loop, #01/01, CleanTech Two, Singapore 637143, Singapore
Venue
Applied Sciences
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-07-19
Volume
8
Issue
7
Pages
1177
ISSN
2076-3417 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2884262578
Cited by
190
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2
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32.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Applied Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society
Keywords
remanufacturing, Industry 4.0, circular economy, end-of-life products, technology enablers, resource efficiency

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