Remanufacturing for the automotive aftermarket-strategic factors: literature review and future research needs |
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| Authors: | Ramesh Subramoniam Donald Huisingh Ratna Babu Chinnam |
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| Institution: | 1. Office of Project Management, Delphi Product and Service Solutions, 5820 Delphi Drive, Troy, MI 48098, USA;2. Institute for Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, 311 Conference Center Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4134, USA;3. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, 4815 Fourth Street, Detroit, MI 48202, USA;1. Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle NE1 8ST, UK;2. School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, 174 Shazhengjie, Chongqing 400044, PR China;1. Nottingham University Business School China, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo 315 100, China;2. School of Economics, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo 315 100, China;1. NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore;2. Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology, 111 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, United States;3. Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576, Singapore;1. School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, KM.42, Paholyothin Road, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand;2. Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, 2 Prachan Rd., Bangkok, 10200, Thailand;3. Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK;1. Department of Operations and IT, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, IFHE (Deemed-to-be University), Hyderabad, 501203, India;2. Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 826004, India;3. Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, Uttarakhand, 244713, India |
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| Abstract: | While the concepts of remanufacturing and reverse logistics are gaining popularity in practice, the available literature and theory on strategic decision making in these areas are limited. This paper is designed to address this gap, in particular, for the automotive industry aftermarket. In doing so, the authors reviewed literature pertaining to: customer demand(s), product design and development, cost-benefit analysis of reman, core (i.e., used product) supply management, reman competencies and skills, product life cycle strategies, reman and reverse logistics network design, relationships among key stakeholders, environmental considerations, regulations, and impact of emerging economies. The literature findings along with our experience in working with automotive reman products were used as inputs to guide the formulation of seven major propositions for the strategic factors in decision making within reman. The propositions were then tested through a case study. The case study reconfirmed many of the factors like product life cycle, regulations, etc. from the literature review and also identified new factors like OE customer requirements. Our results provide a foundation for further research for companies that deal with Original Equipment (OE) Sales, Original Equipment Service (OES), as well as Independent Aftermarket (IAM) business in the automotive industry. |
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