The effect of remanufacturing on procurement decisions for resellers in secondary markets

• Main Authors: ROBOTIS, Andreas, BHATTACHARYA, Shantanu, VAN WASSENHOVE, Luk N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: Inventory/production; Stochastic; Multiproduct; Substitution; Newsvendor problem; Product acquisition management; Remanufacturing; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5094; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6093/viewcontent/1_s20_S0377221704000165_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The role of remanufacturing as a competitive tool for firms has been reflected in a number of studies to show that remanufacturing can reduce the unit cost of production by reusing components. However, the fact that remanufacturing can be used as a strategic tool for serving secondary markets as wel...