Circular business models and UK-Nigeria cross border collaboration for remanufacture of anaesthetic machine and neonatal incubators

Oturu, Kingsley and Coker, Akinwale and Achi, Chibueze G. and Idowu, Olusola (2023) Circular business models and UK-Nigeria cross border collaboration for remanufacture of anaesthetic machine and neonatal incubators. In: International Conference on Remanufacturing 2023, 2023-06-27 - 2023-06-29, RAI.

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Abstract

Remanufacturing is the process returning a used product to at least Original Equipment Manufacturers' (OEM) original performance specification from the customers' perspective and giving the resultant product a warranty that is at least equal to that of a newly manufactured equivalent. Remanufacturing process is commonly split into six processes. These include inspection, cleaning, disassembly, reworking, reassembly and testing. Underpinning remanufacturing are different circular business models that enable sustainability. In literature and industry there are some 'conceptual confusion' with different sustainable manufacturing terms such as 'circular business models' and 'circular economy' being used interchangeably and occasionally merged (e.g. circular economy business model). Using the cross border (UK-Nigeria) remanufacture of anaesthetic machines in Ibadan as a case study, technical sustainable manufacturing strategies that make up the circular economy (e.g. recycling, refurbishing and remanufacturing) are distinguished from circular business models (e.g industrial symbiosis and product service systems). While on the one hand in the UK, there tends to be high levels of cores of medical equipment with frequent upgrades, in developing countries like Nigeria, there is a desperate need for medical equipment that can be remanufactured instead of going to the landfill.

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