One way to decrease the need for virgin materials in a circular value chain is remanufacturing of products. Before products in a circular value chain can be remanufactured, they must be assessed for quality and possible contamination from their use. This assessment involves tracking unique information for each product, which must be managed in the remanufacturing process. In the remanufacturing system, this information must be efficiently managed not only for the remanufacturing process itself but also for creating a future digital product passport. Remanufacturing in a circular value chain demands information exchange between different stakeholders as well as within a remanufacturing process. This paper aims to explore information management aspects within the remanufacturing process that contribute to a circular value chain. This study is based on a literature review in the interdisciplinary fields of information management and remanufacturing within the context of a circular value chain. The result indicates a need for managing information in collaboration including tracking, collecting and storing it, but also a need for defining what type of information to be collected where and for what purpose to be used by whom throughout the circular value chain.

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Remanufacturing in a Circular Value Chain—Information Management Aspects

  • Kerstin Johansen,
  • Paraskeva Wlazlak

摘要

One way to decrease the need for virgin materials in a circular value chain is remanufacturing of products. Before products in a circular value chain can be remanufactured, they must be assessed for quality and possible contamination from their use. This assessment involves tracking unique information for each product, which must be managed in the remanufacturing process. In the remanufacturing system, this information must be efficiently managed not only for the remanufacturing process itself but also for creating a future digital product passport. Remanufacturing in a circular value chain demands information exchange between different stakeholders as well as within a remanufacturing process. This paper aims to explore information management aspects within the remanufacturing process that contribute to a circular value chain. This study is based on a literature review in the interdisciplinary fields of information management and remanufacturing within the context of a circular value chain. The result indicates a need for managing information in collaboration including tracking, collecting and storing it, but also a need for defining what type of information to be collected where and for what purpose to be used by whom throughout the circular value chain.