PUBLICATIONS:   The Remanufacturing Institute

"Remanufacturing: The Ultimate Form of Recycling" by Rolf Steinhilper
The purpose of this book is to promote the concept of remanufacturing as the ultimate form of recycling to all sectors of the general population.

To purchase a hard copy of this book, please click here for an order form. The price is $25 per book (price includes shipping & handling).

• Remanufacturing: The Ultimate form of Recycling / Part I
• Remanufacturing: The Ultimate form of Recycling / Part II
• Remanufacturing: The Ultimate form of Recycling / Part III
• Remanufacturing: The Ultimate form of Recycling / Part IV
   

"Remanufacturing – An American Perspective" by Robert T. Lund  and William M. Hauser, Boston University
"Remanufacturing -- An American Perspective" was presented at the International Conference on Responsive Manufacturing on January 11, 2010 in Ningbo, China. Organized by the University of Nottingham, which has a branch university in Ningbo, the conference featured two main themes: remanufacturing and sustainability of the built environment. Attendees were from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. For a free copy, click here.

ABSTRACT: Remanufacturing is the process of restoring non-functioning, discarded, or traded-in products (cores) to like-new performance. Over a period of thirty years, the authors have studied remanufacturing and have issued reports on various aspects of the industry. This paper will describe some of what we have learned during three decades of research on the topic: industry structure and scope, patterns in inputs and costs, forms of organization of remanufacturing enterprises, beneficial aspects of remanufacturing, and implications for other countries.

Remanufacturing provides a number of important benefits: greater availability of products and lower prices to customers, employment and industrial skills training to workers, and conservation of material and energy resources to society. Remanufacturers tend to enter remanufacturing, however, in the same pursuit of profits that motivates other entrepreneurs.
 

"Remanufacturing: Operating Practices and Strategies" by Robert Lund and William Hauser
This 113-page report examines practices and strategies employed by remanufacturers in the United States. It draws on the authors' decades of study of the industry and on their database of thousands of remanufacturing firms. In addition to the discussion of practices and strategies, the report also contains profiles of seven U.S. remanufactures of substantially different scale and product focus, in markets with different competitive dynamics.

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Articles of Interest

• Lifecycle Assessment of the Environmental Benefits of Remanufactured Product within a "Green" Supply Chain
  by Charles L. Goldey, Ernst-Ulrich Kuester, Renee Mummert, Thomas A. Okrasinski, P.E., Donald Olson, and William J. Schaeffer, Sr., P.E.
   
• Using Remanufactured Switching Equipment to Reduce Restoration Time in Case if a Disaster
  by Charles L. Goldey, Lisa M. Enaire, Donald Olson, and Stacy L. Trottier
  Product demand as a result of a single, large unforecasted event, like a disaster, is difficult to meet. This paper reviews the highly developed remanufacturing process of the 5ESS switch. The ability to remanufacture existing surplus or pre-owned product assemblies allows for rapid response for network restoration initiatives because the main components exist in pre-built configuration. 2004 Lucent Technologies Inc.
   
• Core Acquisitions Planning in the Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Industry
  Toyin Clottey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management
  Iowa State University-College of Business
   
• Reconditioning: The Ultimate Form of Recycling
  by the Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL)
   
• Remanufactura, una Nueva Vida Util (Remanufacturing, a New Life Cycle)
  Israel M. Morales, former President of Maquiladora and Manufacturing (Full-tolling) Export Industry Association in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and CNIMME's Director for Foreign Trade and Customs Committee (National Counsel of Manufacturing and Maquiladora Export Industry, in Mexico) is the writer of the CNN Expansion article in Spanish titled "Remanufactura, una nueva vida util" (Remanufacturing, a new life cycle). In this article he not only describes the remanufacturing process but also the agenda and achievements of the Mexican Government related to the elimination of trade barriers in order to facilitate remanufacturing operations in Mexico. Spanish speaking remanufacturers can certainly benefit from this article that captures the essentials of remanufacturing concepts.
   
• Issues in the Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Industry - A Discussion of Results from Surveys Performed Among Remanufacturers
  by Rick Hammond, Tony Amezquite and Bert Bras, The Georgia W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
  Georgia Institute of Technology
   
• GHGs, Carbon Footprints and the Remanufacturing Industry: Capitalizing on a Sustainable Advantage
  by Michael J. Readey, Aeris Analytics, LLC
   
• Appliance Remanufacturing and Life Cycle Energy and Economic Savings
  by A. Boustani, S. Sahni, S.C. Graevs and T.G. Gutowski
   
• Initiatives: Telling the "Reman Story" to the Marketplace
  Cardone Industries throws down the gauntlet on the value of remanufacturing.
   
• Negotiating NTBs (non-tariff barriers) Related to Remanufacturing and Refurbishing
  Communication dated December 1, 2005 circulated by the Delegation of the U.S. at the World Trade Organization (WTO)
   
• Fuji-Xerox Remanufacturing Case Study
   
• Remanufacturing: the Next Great Opportunity For Boosting US Productivity
   
• Lean Aftermarket Reverse Logistics
   
• Hidden Identification on Parts: Magnetic Machine-Readable Matrix Symbols
  These symbols could be read even when covered with paint
   
• Lean Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Implementation Tools
   
• Remanufacturing: An Answer To Global Warming
   
• APICS REMANSP Symposium Proceedings: 1992 through 2000
   
• Crafting an OEM Warranty Program for a Remanufactured/Overhauled Capital Good
  A white paper on the strategic and tactical issues to be addressed by a US-based capital good OEM when crafting/revising a parts-based warranty program in support of the sale of a remanufactured/overhauled product.
   
• Caterpillar Gets Bugs Out of Old Equipment - Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2006

Management Articles

• An Employer's Guide to Healthcare Reform
  SESCO's White Paper, July 22, 2010
  There are many unanswered questions about the new healthcare bill. This report is a basic overview and staff recommendations from SESCO Management Consultants which includes a timeline for compliance as well as suggested communication plans for managers and employees alike.