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Integrating sustainability and remanufacturing strategies by remanufacturing quality function deployment (RQFD)

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The objective of this paper is to ensure remanufacturing by considering the possible design, material and process changes. A novel remanufacturing quality function deployment (RQFD) was developed to bring out the possible changes to the existing product. To accomplish the above objective, RQFD phase I (voice of customer to engineering metrics) and RQFD phase II (engineering metrics to components of case product) were developed. Based on the results, the improvements options in design, process and materials were identified. The sustainability performance for the original and modified design was identified to understand the environmental benefits achieved through the proposed method. The proposed method has been applied to brake caliper components. The practical applications of the research are expected to help the manufacturers of brake calipers to minimize negative impacts on the environment, energy conservation and natural resources and are safe for stakeholders and are economically sound.

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Abbreviations

Al:

Aluminum

CaCO3 :

Calcium carbonate

CO:

Carbon monoxide

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

ECQFD:

Environmentally conscious quality function deployment

EM:

Engineering metrics

EoL:

End of life

Fe:

Iron

Fe2O3 :

Iron oxide

gm:

Gram

GQFD:

Green quality function deployment

HAP:

Hazardous air pollutant

K1c :

Fracture toughness at 107 cycles

Kg:

Kilogram

Kg/m3 :

Kilogram per meter cube

LCA:

Life cycle analysis

LCC:

Life cycle cost

Mg:

Magnesium

MJ:

Mega-joules

NOX :

Nitrogen oxides

oC:

°C

OEMs:

Original equipment manufacturers

P04 :

Phosphate

Pa:

Pascal

Pa m0.5 :

Pascal per meter square

PM:

Particulate matter

ProdSI:

Product Sustainability Index

QFD:

Quality function deployment

RQFD:

Remanufacturing quality function deployment

SCM:

Supply chain management

Si:

Silicon

SMEs:

Small and medium enterprises

SO2 :

Sulfur dioxide

SOX:

Sulfur oxides

SSCM:

Sustainable supply chain management

VOC:

Voice of customer

VOCs:

Volatile organic compounds

Zr:

Zirconium

ρ:

Density

σe :

Fatigue strength

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Vimal, K.E.K., Kandasamy, J. & Duque, A.A. Integrating sustainability and remanufacturing strategies by remanufacturing quality function deployment (RQFD). Environ Dev Sustain 23, 14090–14122 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01211-0

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