One-Dimensional Warranty Policies Analysis for Remanufactured Products in Reverse Supply Chain

Abstract

This paper presents a non-renewable basic one-dimensional combination warranty policy analysis for an Advanced Remanufacturing-To-Order system for Sensor-embedded products (SEPs). The goal of the proposed approach is to determine how to predict a non-renewing one-dimensional Free Replacement and ProRata combination warranty period for the disassembled components and remanufactured products using the sensor information about the age of every end-of-life (EOL) retrieve products on hand to meet remanufactured product and component demands while minimizing the cost associated with warranty and maximizing manufacturer ’s pro?t. Different simulation scenarios are explained and a case example is presented for illustration of the model applicability.