Industrial Engineering Journal ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 1-06.

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A Comparison of Production Strategies for Remanufacturing System Based on Markov Analysis

  

  1. (1. Postdoctoral Research Station, China Merchants Group, Shenzhen 518054,China; 2.Management School, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; 3.School of Management, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Xi′an 710049, China)
  • Online:2014-08-30 Published:2014-10-17

Abstract: The production strategies of a remanufacturing system with reproduction and disposal are studied. In such a manufacturing system, the return product is disassembled into the treated waste, raw materials, or spare parts in a dismantling process. For the entire re-manufacturing system, two production policies are proposed. One is to produce until part inventory reaches its capacity, the other is to produce until part inventory reaches a critical stock point. By using Markov analysis, the two policies are evaluated. A numerical experiment is used to compares the two policies.