Characteristics of the automotive remanufacturing enterprise with an economic and environmental evaluation of alternator products

Kim, Hyung Ju; Skerlos, Steve; Severengiz, Semih; Seliger, G.

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“…The alternator is the automotive part with the highest remanufacturing rate [1]. The function of the alternator is to deliver electrical energy to charge the battery and to the on board equipments like light [2].…”

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Life cycle approach to sustainability assessment: a case study of remanufactured alternators

2012

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ArticleLife cycle approach to sustainability assessment: A case study of remanufactured alternators Journal of Remanufacturing Provided in Cooperation with: SpringerOpenSuggested Citation: Schau, Erwin M.; Traverso, Marzia; Finkbeiner, Matthias (2012) : Life cycle approach to sustainability assessment: A case study of remanufactured alternators, Journal of Remanufacturing, ISSN 2210-4690, Springer, Heidelberg, Vol. 2, pp. 1-14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2210 This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/108887 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Sustainability is an international issue with increasing concern and becomes a crucial driver for the industry in international competition. Sustainability encompasses the three dimensions: environment, society and economy. This paper presents the results from a sustainability assessment of a product. To prevent burden shifting, the whole life cycle of the products is necessary to be taken into account. For the environmental dimension, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been practiced for nearly 40 years and is the only one standardised by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (14040 and 14044). Life cycle approaches for the social and economic dimensions are currently under development. Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is a complementary implementation of the three techniques: LCA (environmental), life cycle costing (LCC -economic) and social LCA (SLCA -social). This contribution applies the state-of-the-art LCSA on remanufacturing of alternators aiming at supporting managers and product developers in their decision-making to design product and plant. The alternator is the electricity generator in the automobile vehicle which produces the needed electricity. LCA and LCC are used to assess three different alternator design scenarios (namely conventional, lightweight and ultra-lightweight). The LCA and LCC results show that the conventional alternator is the most promising one. LCSA of three different locations (Germany, India and Sierra Leone) for setting the remanufacturing mini-factory, a worldwide applicable container, are investigated on all three different sustainability dimensions: LCA, LCC and SLCA. The location choice is determined by the SLCA and the design alternatives by the LCA and LCC. The case study results show that remanufacturing potentially causes about 12% of the emissions and costs compared to producing new parts. The conventional alternator with housing of iron cast performs better in LCA...

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“…Remanufacturing can play an important role as a way to close the material cycles and thereby contribute to less material and energy use [1,[3][4][5][6][7], which are the important steps to realise a sustainable development.…”

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Life cycle approach to sustainability assessment: a case study of remanufactured alternators

2012

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“…The remanufactured alternators can be used again in the vehicle. According to Kim et al [31], the alternator has the highest remanufacturing rate. Schau et al [11] presented a case study of remanufactured alternators, in which they applied life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) to three different alternator designs.…”

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An integrated fuzzy approach for evaluating remanufacturing alternatives of a product design

Wang

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2013

Jnl Remanufactur

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“…The demand for remanufacturing automotive parts is growing in the United States and Europe, despite a stagnating aftermarket as a whole [25]. The alternator is the automotive part with the highest remanufacturing volume [26].…”

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“…The remanufacturing process consists of [26,27]: incoming inspection of the used generator, disassembly, cleaning, inspection and sorting of used parts, reconditioning and replacement, reassembly and final testing. Remanufacturing requires labor, energy and new parts where the old ones need to be replaced.…”

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Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment—A Case Study of Remanufactured Alternators

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Sustainability is on the international agenda, and is a driver for industry in international competition. Sustainability encompasses the three pillars: environment, society and economy. To prevent shifting of burden, the whole life cycle needs to be taken into account. For the environmental dimension of sustainability, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been practiced for a while and is a standardized method. A life cycle approach for the social and economic pillars of sustainability needs to be further developed. This paper investigates the application of life cycle costing (LCC) as part of a wider sustainability assessment where also social life cycle assessment (SLCA) and LCA are combined. LCA-type LCC is applied on a case study of remanufactured alternators. Remanufacturing of automobile parts is a fast growing important business with large potential for cost and resource savings. Three design alternatives for the alternator and three locations for the remanufacturing plant are evaluated. The remanufacturer perspective and the user perspective are investigated. The results for the LCA-type LCC show that the largest cost for the remanufacturer is the new parts replacing old warn parts. However, the user cost, and therein especially, cost for fuel used for the alternator's power production dominates and should be the focus for further improvement. In conducting the case study, it was revealed that the connection between the LCA-type LCC results and the economic dimension of sustainability needs to be further investigated and defined. For this purpose, areas of protection for life cycle sustainability assessment and LCA-type LCC in particular need further development.

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Characteristics of the automotive remanufacturing enterprise with an economic and environmental evaluation of alternator products

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Life cycle approach to sustainability assessment: a case study of remanufactured alternators

Life cycle approach to sustainability assessment: a case study of remanufactured alternators

An integrated fuzzy approach for evaluating remanufacturing alternatives of a product design

Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment—A Case Study of Remanufactured Alternators

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