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Daniel Llerena - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Green consumer behaviour: An experimental analysis of willingness to pay for Remanufactured products
Business Strategy and the Environment, 2011Co-Authors: Céline Michaud, Daniel LlerenaAbstract:Products end-of-life management has recently become a critical business issue. One of the possible end-of-life strategies is remanufacturing, which can provide competitive advan- tages through material and energy savings. Beyond industrial organization challenges, there is a question about the interest of developing a green marketing strategy for Remanufactured products. Indeed, Remanufactured products can be considered as green products since their industrial process has environmental benefits. Our paper asks whether consumers are willing to pay for Remanufactured products, especially when they are informed that these products are green. We use experimental auctions to elicit consumers WTP for specific characteristics of Remanufactured products. Our study indicates that consumers tend to value the Remanufactured product less than the conventional one unless they are informed about their respective environmental impacts. We find no evidence that consumers are willing to pay a premium for the green (i.e. Remanufactured) product. However, providing environmental information to consumers has an effect on their WTP for the conventional product: they generally decrease significantly their WTP for the conventional (and thus most polluting) product.
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green consumer behaviour an experimental analysis of willingness to pay for Remanufactured products
Business Strategy and The Environment, 2010Co-Authors: Céline Michaud, Daniel LlerenaAbstract:Products' end-of-life management has recently become a critical business issue. One of the possible end-of-life strategies is remanufacturing, which can provide competitive advantages through material and energy savings. Beyond industrial organization challenges, there is a question about the interest of developing a green marketing strategy for Remanufactured products. Indeed, Remanufactured products can be considered as green products since their industrial process has environmental benefits. Our paper asks whether consumers are willing to pay for Remanufactured products, especially when they are informed that these products are ‘green’. We use experimental auctions to elicit consumers' WTP for specific characteristics of Remanufactured products. Our study indicates that consumers tend to value the Remanufactured product less than the conventional one unless they are informed about their respective environmental impacts. We find no evidence that consumers are willing to pay a premium for the green (i.e. Remanufactured) product. However, providing environmental information to consumers has an effect on their WTP for the conventional product: they generally decrease significantly their WTP for the conventional (and thus most polluting) product. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Chun Kit Kwong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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coordination of the closed loop supply chain for product line design with consideration of Remanufactured products
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016Co-Authors: R Aydin, Chun Kit KwongAbstract:Research on integrated products and the closed-loop supply chain design has focused on the competition and coordination of manufacturers and supply chain partners. However, the coordination of supply chain partners for product line design (PLD) with consideration of Remanufactured products has not been addressed in previous studies. The present study investigates the coordination of a manufacturer and supply chain partners using a game theoretical model for the design of product lines that contain both new and Remanufactured products. A multiobjective optimization model based on Stackelberg game theory is formulated to determine the product line solutions, pricing decisions of supply chain partners, and product return rate for remanufacturing. A non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II is introduced to determine the Pareto optimal solutions of the multiobjective optimization problems. A case study is conducted on the coordination of a manufacturer, chain retailers, and a Remanufacturer for the PLD of tablet PCs with consideration of Remanufactured tablet PCs to illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed methodology.
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a novel methodology for simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new products in product line design
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015Co-Authors: R Aydin, Chun Kit Kwong, Ping JiAbstract:Recovering end-of-life (EoL) products after customer use is a promising solution for manufacturers to respond to the challenges of increasing global awareness of environmental protection and enforcement of environmental regulation. This research focuses on the remanufacturing of EoL and returned products, which aims to restore them functionally and aesthetically to their original condition and even with better features. Remanufactured products are normally reprocessed from returned new products and quite often launched in the markets where new products exist. Thus, they can be considered together with new products in product line design (PLD) to acquire the maximum profit and market share of the product line. However, simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new products in a PLD was not found in previous studies. This paper proposes a novel methodology to address the simultaneous consideration in PLD. The proposed methodology mainly involves the development of dynamic demand models, discrete choice analysis, formulation of a multiobjective optimization model, and a nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II. Based on the methodology, Pareto optimal solutions of PLD can be determined which include specifications of both Remanufactured and new products, and the time of launching Remanufactured products. A case study of simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new tablet PCs in PLD was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. Results of the case study indicated that the profit and market share of a PLD for the maximum profit scenario estimated based on the proposed methodology was better than those estimated based on the separate processes.
John Lanham - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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towards cleaner production a roadmap for predicting product end of life costs at early design concept
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015Co-Authors: Wai Ming Cheung, Robert Marsh, Paul W Griffin, L B Newnes, A R Mileham, John LanhamAbstract:The primary objective of the research was to investigate how disposal costs were being incurred in the domain of defence electronic systems by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and subsequently to ascertain a novel approach to prediction of their end-of-life (EOL) costs. It is intended that the OEM could utilise this method as part of a full lifecycle cost analysis at the conceptual design stage. The cost model would also serve as a useful guide to aid decision making at the conceptual design stage, so that it may lead to the design of a more sustainable product in terms of recycling, refurbishment or Remanufacture with the consideration of financial impact. The novelty of this research is that it identifies the significance of disposal costs from the viewpoint of the OEM and provides a generic basis for evaluation of all the major EOL defence electronic systems. A roadmap has been proposed and developed to facilitate the prediction of disposal costs and this will be used to determine a satisfactory solution of whether the EOL parts of a defence electronic system are viable to be Remanufactured, refurbished or recycled from an early stage of a design concept. A selected defence electronic system is used as a case study. Based on the findings, the proposed method offers a manageable and realistic solution so that the OEM can estimate the cost of potential EOL recovery processes at the concept design stage.
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towards cleaner production a roadmap for predicting product end of life costs at early design concept
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015Co-Authors: Wai Ming Cheung, Robert Marsh, Paul W Griffin, L B Newnes, A R Mileham, John LanhamAbstract:The primary objective of the research was to investigate how disposal costs were being incurred in the domain of defence electronic systems by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and subsequently to ascertain a novel approach to prediction of their end-of-life (EOL) costs. It is intended that the OEM could utilise this method as part of a full lifecycle cost analysis at the conceptual design stage. The cost model would also serve as a useful guide to aid decision making at the conceptual design stage, so that it may lead to the design of a more sustainable product in terms of recycling, refurbishment or Remanufacture with the consideration of financial impact. The novelty of this research is that it identifies the significance of disposal costs from the viewpoint of the OEM and provides a generic basis for evaluation of all the major EOL defence electronic systems. A roadmap has been proposed and developed to facilitate the prediction of disposal costs and this will be used to determine a satisfactory solution of whether the EOL parts of a defence electronic system are viable to be Remanufactured, refurbished or recycled from an early stage of a design concept. A selected defence electronic system is used as a case study. Based on the findings, the proposed method offers a manageable and realistic solution so that the OEM can estimate the cost of potential EOL recovery processes at the concept design stage. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
Asoo J Vakharia - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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design of the reverse channel for remanufacturing must profit maximization harm the environment
Production and Operations Management, 2017Co-Authors: Lan Wang, Gangshu Cai, Andy A Tsay, Asoo J VakhariaAbstract:A key attribute of a remanufacturing strategy is the division of labor in the reverse channel, especially whether remanufacturing is performed in-house or outsourced. We investigate this decision for a retailer who accepts returns of a remanufacturable product. Our formulation considers the cost structures of the two strategies, uncertainty in the input quality of the collected/returned used products, consumer willingness-to-pay for Remanufactured product, the extent to which the Remanufactured product cannibalizes demand for new product, and the power structure in the channel. For the profit-maximizing retailer the differentials in variable remanufacturing costs drive strategy choice, and higher fixed costs of in-house remanufacturing favors outsourcing. The variable remanufacturing costs and the balance of power in the prospective outsourced reverse channel are the key drivers of environmental impact, as measured by the retailer's propensity to Remanufacture. While profitability and environmental goals often conflict, they align under certain conditions. These include (a) the third-party has less bargaining power; or (b) the fixed cost for in-house remanufacturing is relatively high. All else equal, when remanufacturing is outsourced, the environment fares better if the third-party has leadership power. We generalize to the cases when remanufacturing achieves a quality level less than “good-as-new” and when used items have non-zero salvage value. Analysis of these extensions illuminates how relative power in the reverse channel drives the firms’ preferences, as well as the end customers’ consumption experience. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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design of the reverse channel for remanufacturing must profit maximization harm the environment
Social Science Research Network, 2017Co-Authors: Lan Wang, Gangshu Cai, Andy A Tsay, Asoo J VakhariaAbstract:A key attribute of a remanufacturing strategy is the division of labor in the reverse channel, especially whether remanufacturing is performed in-house or outsourced. We investigate this decision for a retailer who accepts returns of a remanufacturable product. Our formulation considers the cost structures of the two strategies, uncertainty in the input quality of the collected/returned used products, consumer willingness-to-pay for Remanufactured product, the extent to which the Remanufactured product cannibalizes demand for new product, and the power structure in the channel. For the profit-maximizing retailer the differentials in variable remanufacturing costs drive strategy choice, and higher fixed costs of in-house remanufacturing favors outsourcing. The variable remanufacturing costs and the balance of power in the prospective outsourced reverse channel are the key drivers of environmental impact, as measured by the retailer’s propensity to Remanufacture. While profitability and environmental goals often conflict, they align under certain conditions. These include (a) the third-party has less bargaining power; or (b) the fixed cost for in-house remanufacturing is relatively high. All else equal, when remanufacturing is outsourced, the environment fares better if the third-party has leadership power. We generalize to the cases when remanufacturing achieves a quality level less than “good-as-new” and when used items have non-zero salvage value. Analysis of these extensions illuminates how relative power in the reverse channel drives the firms’ preferences, as well as the end customers’ consumption experience.
R Aydin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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coordination of the closed loop supply chain for product line design with consideration of Remanufactured products
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016Co-Authors: R Aydin, Chun Kit KwongAbstract:Research on integrated products and the closed-loop supply chain design has focused on the competition and coordination of manufacturers and supply chain partners. However, the coordination of supply chain partners for product line design (PLD) with consideration of Remanufactured products has not been addressed in previous studies. The present study investigates the coordination of a manufacturer and supply chain partners using a game theoretical model for the design of product lines that contain both new and Remanufactured products. A multiobjective optimization model based on Stackelberg game theory is formulated to determine the product line solutions, pricing decisions of supply chain partners, and product return rate for remanufacturing. A non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II is introduced to determine the Pareto optimal solutions of the multiobjective optimization problems. A case study is conducted on the coordination of a manufacturer, chain retailers, and a Remanufacturer for the PLD of tablet PCs with consideration of Remanufactured tablet PCs to illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed methodology.
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a novel methodology for simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new products in product line design
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015Co-Authors: R Aydin, Chun Kit Kwong, Ping JiAbstract:Recovering end-of-life (EoL) products after customer use is a promising solution for manufacturers to respond to the challenges of increasing global awareness of environmental protection and enforcement of environmental regulation. This research focuses on the remanufacturing of EoL and returned products, which aims to restore them functionally and aesthetically to their original condition and even with better features. Remanufactured products are normally reprocessed from returned new products and quite often launched in the markets where new products exist. Thus, they can be considered together with new products in product line design (PLD) to acquire the maximum profit and market share of the product line. However, simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new products in a PLD was not found in previous studies. This paper proposes a novel methodology to address the simultaneous consideration in PLD. The proposed methodology mainly involves the development of dynamic demand models, discrete choice analysis, formulation of a multiobjective optimization model, and a nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II. Based on the methodology, Pareto optimal solutions of PLD can be determined which include specifications of both Remanufactured and new products, and the time of launching Remanufactured products. A case study of simultaneous consideration of Remanufactured and new tablet PCs in PLD was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. Results of the case study indicated that the profit and market share of a PLD for the maximum profit scenario estimated based on the proposed methodology was better than those estimated based on the separate processes.