Print Email Facebook Twitter Incorporating design for remanufacturing in the early design stage Title Incorporating design for remanufacturing in the early design stage: a design management perspective Author Boorsma, Nina (TU Delft Circular Product Design) Balkenende, R. (TU Delft Circular Product Design) Bakker, C.A. (TU Delft Circular Product Design) Tsui, T.P.Y. (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability) Peck, David (TU Delft Climate Design and Sustainability) Date 2020 Abstract Adopting design approaches that allow products to last multiple use-cycles supports European Commission objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce primary material impacts. Remanufacturing is an example of an appropriate circular strategy and it can be applied in a variety of industries that are intensive materials users. However, most companies have not yet adopted design strategies facilitating remanufacturing at scale. In this paper, we explored how design management can facilitate the implementation of Design for Remanufacturing, based on a literature review and in-depth interviews. Seven companies active in business-to-business markets were interviewed about the design-related opportunities and barriers they see for remanufacturing. We found that access to technical knowledge is not a barrier, whereas integrating this knowledge into the existing design process is. We conclude that design management can contribute to the uptake of Design for Remanufacturing for the following reasons: by making the value of Design for Remanufacturing to the company at large explicit, by building bridges between internal and external stakeholders, and by embedding Design for Remanufacturing into existing processes by means of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and roadmaps. Subject Circular product designClosed loop supply chainsDesign for RemanufacturingDesign managementImplementationMultiple use-cyclesProduct development To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b8c44b8b-e834-44ae-9699-e4d390475815 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s13243-020-00090-y ISSN 2210-464X Source Journal of Remanufacturing, 11 (2021) (1), 25-48 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Nina Boorsma, R. Balkenende, C.A. Bakker, T.P.Y. Tsui, David Peck Files PDF Boorsma2021_Article_Incor ... manufa.pdf 632.58 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b8c44b8b-e834-44ae-9699-e4d390475815/datastream/OBJ/view