Soft Computing in Product Recovery: A Survey Focusing on Remanufacturing System

TL;DR

This survey reviews how soft computing techniques are applied to various aspects of remanufacturing systems, including disassembly, design, planning, and inventory management, highlighting future research directions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of soft computing applications in remanufacturing, identifying gaps and proposing future research avenues.

Findings

Soft computing methods are effectively used in disassembly sequencing.

Applications improve efficiency in remanufacturing processes.

The paper suggests new research directions for soft computing in this field.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the application of soft computing in remanufacturing system, in which end-of-life products are disassembled into basic components and then remanufactured for both economic and environmental reasons. The disassembly activities include disassembly sequencing and planning, while the remanufacturing process is composed of product design, production planning & scheduling, and inventory management. This paper presents a review of the related articles and suggests the corresponding further research directions.