Assessing the benefits of remanufacturing option under one-way substitution

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Bayindir Z., Erkip N., Gullu R.

JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, vol.56, no.3, pp.286-296, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601799
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.286-296
  • Keywords: remanufacturing, inventory, one-way substitution, STOCHASTIC INVENTORY CONTROL, CONTROL STRATEGIES, PRODUCT, DISPOSAL, SYSTEMS, DEMAND, MODEL, POLICIES, MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, we consider a segmented market for a product that can either be manufactured or remanufactured. It is assumed that the remanufactured products can be substituted by the new ones. A steady-state profit model is constructed under certain environmental assumptions on capacity requirements of operations, and revenue and cost schemes. Exact steady-state probabilities of the Markovian model constructed are solved via matrix geometric techniques. An extensive computational study is performed to investigate the conditions under which the utilization of remanufacturing option and the use of one-way substitution policy increase the average expected profit.