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2004 Issue 3
Reman E-News

A Bi-Weekly Review For The Remanufacturing Community
A joint effort by The Remanufacturing Institute (TRI)
and the OEM Product-Services Institute (OPI)

Providing news for the $100B global remanufacturing community:
market trends, innovative offerings, government initiatives, acquisitions, expansions,
professional societies, trade groups, legal rulings, financial results, the environment,
productivity improvements, publications and events.

Our Goal Is To Assist The Global Remanufacturing
Community To Double Its Market Size By 2014


The Reman U
Objective
To provide the $40B/yr US remanufacturing community with one point of contact in obtaining education in the following areas:

  • Marketing of reman products
  • Managing the disassembly and assembly workflow of the reman process
  • Acquisition of cores and parts for reman assembly process
  • Managerial accounting of the reman process and reman products distribution
  • Crafting & administrating warranties for reman products
  • Others

Note that remanufacturing is a process in which not-new and new materials are assembled. The purpose of the remanufacturing process can be one, or a combination of the following:

  • Assure the safety of a product
  • Extend the planned economic life of a product
  • Assure the planned economic life of a product

All of the terms below, used by different industries, achieve the purpose above…so Reman U is for those folks as well.

  • Overhaul
  • Rebuild
  • Restore
  • Recondition
  • Refurbished
  • Others

Offerings

  • Public and in-house seminars
  • Marketing of remanufactured service parts
  • Lean remanufacturing
  • Planning & execution of remanufacturing
  • Managerial accounting of an exchange program
  • Marketing of remanufactured parts to the government
  • Others
  • Webinars
  • Lean Aftermarket Reverse Logistics

Faculty

  • Ron Giuntini, MBA
  • John Fargher, PhD
  • John Kotlanger, MA
  • Steve Willits, PhD

Events

The APICS Remanufacturing & Service Parts (REMANSP) Special Interest Group (SIG) and “Reman U” of the The Remanufacturing Institute (TRI) are presenting a conference at the “International BigR Show” on October 28 through November 2 at the Riviera Hotel In Las Vegas. Information is available at http://www.bigrshow.com/apics.

Benefits

  • Courses developed by subject matter experts
  • Courses delivered by instructors, each having over 20 years of reman experience
  • Great value: prices $150-$400 for 1-day courses and $700-$900 for 2-day courses
  • Ability to develop in-house courses
  • Great network opportunities to meet fellow professionals from other industries

Expansions

Glaval Bus, of Elkart Indiana, has announced the grand opening of the Remanufacturing Service Center. The service center will be able to do repairs, upgrades or complete remanufacturing of any bus size, make or model.

Glaval Bus manufactures mid-size buses for transit, charter, tour and shuttle operators, offering expertise in servicing or remanufacturing older or damaged buses.

Glaval Bus, Division of Forest River Inc., has been manufacturing "transportation solutions" for over 30 years

Electrical Maintenance Services (EMS) opened a remanufacturing facility located in Howard, SD. It is dedicated to the E-15 35 kW or 65 kW wind turbine, capable of producing 50,000 kWh to 180,000 kWh per year, pending wind velocity.  For more information, go to http://www.energyms.com/advice.html.


 State Auto Repair Laws

  • 37 states require disclosure statement of non-OEM remanufactured part use on estimate.
  • 10 states require consumer consent required for use of non-OEM remanufactured parts
  • 22 states require manufacturer's name or logo ID# required on remanufactured part
  • 27 states require warranty must be provided by remanufacturer of non-OEM part
  • 5 states require disclosure about the effect of a remanufactured part on auto's new warranty
  • 11 states require non-OEM remanufactured parts must be "of like kind and quality" to OEM parts
  • 9 states have no limits on the use of remanufactured parts. They are:
     
     Alaska  District of Columbia  Delaware  Maine  Vermont
     Montana  North Dakota  New Mexico  South Carolina  

For more information go to http://info.insure.com/auto/aftermarket/aftermarket_parts.cfm.


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Final Note
We encourage you to forward this newsletter to friends in the remanufacturing community. It is our intent to carry news on all industry sectors. If you have news to share or comments, please contact the Reman E-News editor:
 

Ron Giuntini

rgiuntini@oemservices.org
570.523.0992

Ron Giuntini, Executive Director
PO Box 48
Lewisburg, PA 17837
rgiuntini@reman.org
570.523.0992

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