Production planning and control for remanufacturing: industry practice and research needs
通过调查美国再制造企业的生产计划与控制实践，识别出七项使管理更复杂的特征，并指出每项特征对应的研究机会，对运营管理学者和实践者均有参考价值。
Abstract Remanufacturing represents a higher form of reuse by focusing on value‐added recovery, rather than materials recovery (i.e., recycling). Remanufacturing systems are widespread in the United States and are profitable. However, the management of production planning and control activities can differ greatly from management activities in traditional manufacturing. We report on managerial remanufacturing practices via a survey of production planning and control activities at remanufacturing firms in the United States. Production planning and control activities are more complex for remanufacturing firms due to uncertainties from stochastic product returns, imbalances in return and demand rates, and the unknown condition of returned products. We identify and discuss seven complicating characteristics that require significant changes in production planning and control activities. We also describe the research opportunities that exist for each of the complicating characteristics.