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Title Development of a cost model and its application in determining optimal size of a diesel engine remanufacturing facility
ID_Doc 73744
Authors Sutherland, JW; Jenkins, TL; Haapala, KR
Title Development of a cost model and its application in determining optimal size of a diesel engine remanufacturing facility
Year 2010
Published Cirp Annals-Manufacturing Technology, 59, 1
DOI 10.1016/j.cirp.2010.03.050
Abstract Remanufacturing represents a business opportunity and a means to promote environmental sustainability. In planning remanufacturing operations for a specific product in a particular market, determining the facility size is a critical decision. A large centralized facility offers economies of scale advantages, but has greater transportation costs relative to a set of smaller distributed facilities. A remanufacturing facility cost model is developed and applied for diesel engine remanufacturing that includes product, operation, inventory, and transportation-related costs. The effects of product yield, remanufacturing efficiency, transportation cost rate, and product mass on remanufactured product unit cost and remanufacturing facility size are examined. (C) 2010 CIRP.
Author Keywords Sustainable development; Optimization; Remanufacturing
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
EID WOS:000280115100013
WoS Category Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing
Research Area Engineering
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