TY - GEN
T1 - A framework of a business model for remanufacturing of air-conditioners
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, IEIM 2022
AU - Salah, Bashir
AU - Alkahtani, Mohammed
AU - Ziout, Aiman
N1 - Funding Information:
Authors would like to thank the National Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, for funding this work under Award 15-ENE4953-02.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/1/12
Y1 - 2022/1/12
N2 - Manufacturing industries are looking for sustainable solutions to make the process environment friendly as well as to save the resources. During the past two decades concept of remanufacturing is gaining a lot of attention from manufacturing firms as well as researchers. Mainly several case studies have been presented in the field of electronics products. There is a scarcity of research work in high energy consuming equipment remanufacturing. Hence, this study lays out a framework for developing the theoretical and methodological foundations for a remanufacturing business model for air-conditioners. Air conditioning is the most energyintensive sector in Saudi Arabia, accounting for 60-70 percent of total residential energy consumption. The recovery of such items has a huge profit potential. A survey of consumer behavior was utilized to construct an assessment methodology that evaluates how consumers interact with end-of-life (EoL) Air-Conditioners and their perceptions about the remanufacturing process. The proposed model is developed for the Saudi Arabian market, though it can be made generic with slight alterations.
AB - Manufacturing industries are looking for sustainable solutions to make the process environment friendly as well as to save the resources. During the past two decades concept of remanufacturing is gaining a lot of attention from manufacturing firms as well as researchers. Mainly several case studies have been presented in the field of electronics products. There is a scarcity of research work in high energy consuming equipment remanufacturing. Hence, this study lays out a framework for developing the theoretical and methodological foundations for a remanufacturing business model for air-conditioners. Air conditioning is the most energyintensive sector in Saudi Arabia, accounting for 60-70 percent of total residential energy consumption. The recovery of such items has a huge profit potential. A survey of consumer behavior was utilized to construct an assessment methodology that evaluates how consumers interact with end-of-life (EoL) Air-Conditioners and their perceptions about the remanufacturing process. The proposed model is developed for the Saudi Arabian market, though it can be made generic with slight alterations.
KW - Air conditioner
KW - Business model
KW - Remanufacturing
KW - Sustainable manufacturing
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U2 - 10.1145/3524338.3524364
DO - 10.1145/3524338.3524364
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85132003910
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 167
EP - 173
BT - IEIM 2022 - 2022 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 12 January 2022 through 14 January 2022
ER -