Remanufacturing is the core competitiveness of future manufacturing

Global structural adjustment and industrial competition are focusing on the environmental protection and recycling of products and industries. Recycling, reuse, recycling, and remanufacturing have become the focus of attention. Remanufacturing is an important component and development direction of advanced manufacturing technology in the 21st century. It is the decisive factor for realizing and ensuring the environmental protection and recycling of products. It is a concrete reflection of the development of industrialization to a certain extent. It is a resource-saving and environment-friendly construction. The important approach of a friendly society determines the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry in the future. Since the 1940s, the developed countries have always attached great importance to the development of the remanufacturing industry. China's current remanufacturing industry still mainly remains at the stage of theoretical research and enterprise pilots. The "12th Five-Year Plan" period is a crucial period for China's economic development to "turn the way and adjust the structure". We must further raise our awareness and promote the scientific leapfrogging of China's remanufacturing industry.

For now, the key is to raise three things.

First, remanufacturing is the basic logic and core philosophy of advanced manufacturing. People are accustomed to understanding advanced manufacturing through the integration of information technology and production processes. In fact, this is only a means of production for advanced manufacturing. Advanced manufacturing also has a more important industrial logic, that is, remanufacturing technology and engineering to promote the cycle of product development and utilization throughout the life cycle, that is, remanufacturing logic. From the perspective of resource conversion and utilization processes, there are two types of growth: one is a one-way straight-line model, ie, the model of “resources-products-waste”; the other is a reverse-cycle model, ie, “resources-products-disused”. "Recycling resources or renewable products" feedback loop model. "Remanufacturing" is an advanced manufacturing logic and industrial concept. It requires that industrial design not only has to face materials and functions, but also must be oriented toward recyclable and remanufacturing. Remanufacturing is achieved through the integration of new materials, new technologies, new processes, new equipment and new methods, and a series of new technologies and tools. Therefore, it is possible to ensure that the performance and quality of remanufactured products are not inferior to those of new products, even in certain situations. Lower quality can make it better than new products. Therefore, remanufacturing is the basic logic and core concept of advanced manufacturing. Together with information technology and means, it supports the development of advanced manufacturing.

Second, remanufacturing is a concentrated expression of the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. The key to building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society is to build a “two-type” industrial system, and the core of creating a “two-type” industrial system is to develop a recycling industry. The development of the recycling industry includes three aspects: First, the company promotes cleaner production and develops its internal recycling industry; second, it promotes remanufacturing projects and develops the recycling industry within the product life cycle; and third, it develops the venous industry and promotes the product life cycle. Recycling industry, that is, vigorously develop the recycling and utilization industry of waste.

Remanufacturing based on remanufacturing has become the high end of the development of the recycling industry at this stage, and is a concentrated expression of the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. Leading foreign companies such as Caterpillar and Komatsu Japan have extended the industrial chain to the "post-market" areas such as remanufacturing, promised the repurchase and renovation of equipment, and improved the overall competitiveness of products by providing after-sale protection services. Therefore, the development of remanufacturing industry is not only the most effective way for China to participate in the international resource cycle, but also a concentrated expression of the core competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry.

Third, remanufacturing is the top business model for industrial manufacturing companies. The business model is "operation mode + business mode + profit mode". Remanufacturing is to promote the overall business model innovation of industrial manufacturing companies in three dimensions: cost, value, and profit, and it has become its top business model. First of all, remanufacturing uses high-tech means to implement bulk repair and transformation of used and recycled waste products, significantly reducing costs. The cost of remanufacturing is only 50% of that of general manufacturing, energy saving is up to 60%, and material saving is 70%; secondly, remanufacturing is used as a Emerging industries, through breakthroughs in key technology groups such as advanced self-repairing and remanufacturing, will not only increase the competitiveness of traditional industries, but will also continue to provide new industrial space for society, provide a large number of job opportunities, and bring about huge industries and societies. value. China's equipment assets and durable consumer goods amount to several tens of trillion yuan. If 10% of them can use remanufacturing technology to repair and strengthen, they can quickly form new economic growth points and create tremendous economic value. Thirdly, in the face of increasingly fierce global competition, the key to improving industrial competitiveness lies in reducing product costs and reducing market entry prices. In this “double down” setting, it can also increase the profit margin of manufacturing companies and establish a profitable model that is most effective. But only remanufacturing.

In short, the remanufacturing project is an extremely important development direction for advanced manufacturing technology in the 21st century. It is a systematic project that considers the life cycle management of product components as a whole, and is the best method and approach to solve resource waste, environmental pollution, and renovation of used equipment. A green system project that meets the national sustainable development strategy.

Due to the late start of China's remanufacturing industry development, the legal policy system supporting the development of remanufacturing, the scrap standards for used products, the quality standards for remanufactured products, and the recycling system for used products have not yet been established. These deficiencies have become the bottleneck restricting the development of the remanufacturing industry in China. It must speed up the solution in practice.