Key factors in establishing medical equipment remanufacturing

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Eze, S.C. and Ijomah, W.I. and Wong, T.C. and Coker, A. and Sridhar, M. and Hammed, T. and Lawal, T. and Otegbayo, J. and Ikotun, A. and Coker, M. (2023) Key factors in establishing medical equipment remanufacturing. In: International Conference on Remanufacturing 2023, 2023-06-27 - 2023-06-29, RAI.

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Abstract

The remanufacturing concept was initially proposed under the United Nations Projects GLO/80/004 and GLO/84/007, as a means of achieving economic and social benefits through sustainable resource recovery activities in developing countries. Remanufacturing is particularly applicable to developing countries because it requires less capital and fewer labour skills than that of original equipment manufacturers. Whereas the benefits seem more relevant to developing countries, it appears that remanufacturing is still in its infancy for many countries in this category. For instance, the majority of the remanufacturing case studies have been conducted in the developed countries, with only a few in India, China and Malaysia. Most of these case studies are however, industry-based and fall short in determining why remanufacturing, especially medical equipment remanufacturing, has not been taken up by many developing countries given its prospects. This study therefore intends to address this gap by exploring the factors potentially hindering medical equipment remanufacturing in developing countries in order to provide relevant information to facilitate the decision to implement medical equipment remanufacturing in such settings where the practice is rare. A two-phase sequential mixed methods design based on both the Technology Development and Behavioural intentions theories is adopted. The first phase investigates potential factors affecting the purchase intentions for remanufactured medical equipment. The second phase elaborates the findings of the first phase and suggests a new approach to assessing remanufacturing capability. Participants in both stages are recruited from the Nigerian health sector. Inputs in the first study phase are collected using structured questionnaires that also provide spaces for further explanation while the second phase data are gathered through interview administered using a questionnaire. The results show that perceived risk indirectly impacts negatively, on the potential purchase intention for remanufactured medical equipment through perceived benefit and subjective norm. The risk perception is aggravated by lack of production/technical expertise as well as poor institutional effectiveness with respect to regulation.

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Eze, S.C., Ijomah, W.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-1486, Wong, T.C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8942-1984, Coker, A., Sridhar, M., Hammed, T., Lawal, T., Otegbayo, J., Ikotun, A. and Coker, M.;
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