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International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management

International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management (IJDSRM)

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  • The system dynamics of last-time production and remanufacturing in the automotive aftermarket   Order a copy of this article
    by Junyi Lin, Mohamed M. Naim, Ou Tang 
    Abstract: A sales lifecycle can be observed when an automotive manufacturer introduces new car models every 3-4 years. Also, two associated lifecycles are identified: 1) service demand lifecycle driven by warranty guarantee and 2) returned component lifecycle if the remanufacturing is introduced, beside the traditional last time production/buy (LTP) strategy adopted. We explored system dynamics of LTP and remanufacturing strategies based on such three lifecycles. We compared three systems: the pure manufacturing system with last-time production (MLTP), a hybrid manufacturing and push- and pull-based remanufacturing systems (Push-HMRS; Pull-HMRS). The results show that, HMRS outperforms MLTP regarding less stockout time and less serviceable inventory. Nevertheless, LTP is still needed to address the discrepancies between demand of service parts and returned component. A proportional inventory control and slow forecasting adjustment decrease the stockout time and shortage of serviceable inventory during service demand lifecycle, at the expense of increasing inventory variance during sales.
    Keywords: system dynamics; remanufacturing; last-time production; end-of-life inventory management; automotive aftermarket; product lifecycle management; PLM.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJDSRM.2026.10078756
     

 

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