Making functional sales environmentally and economically beneficial through product remanufacturing

Functional sales have both economic and environmental benefits—especially when the functional sales contracts are used in connection with product remanufacturing. This paper elucidates these benefits and provides an argument for why products to be used for functional sales should be remanufactured....

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Published in:Journal of cleaner production 2005-01, Vol.13 (9), p.913-925
Main Authors: Sundin, Erik, Bras, Bert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design for environment
Design for remanufacturing and activity based costing (ABC)
Ecodesign
Functional sales
Remanufacturing
Service selling
TECHNOLOGY
TEKNIKVETENSKAP
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Summary:Functional sales have both economic and environmental benefits—especially when the functional sales contracts are used in connection with product remanufacturing. This paper elucidates these benefits and provides an argument for why products to be used for functional sales should be remanufactured. To achieve an efficient remanufacturing process, the products aimed for remanufacturing should be adapted for the process as much as possible. The analyses of remanufacturing facilities for household appliances and automotive parts revealed that the cleaning and repairing steps are most critical in the remanufacturing process. To facilitate these two steps, the product designers should focus on giving the products the following properties: ease of access, ease of handling, ease of separation and wear resistance.
ISSN:0959-6526
1879-1786
1879-1786
DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.04.006