ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the research gap by proposing an integrated design for remanufacturing (DFR) approach, which considers the interactions among DFR criteria. The design characteristics that best satisfy the DFR criteria are determined using House of Quality (HoQ). The interactions among DFR criteria are ignored by just focusing on the individual impact of each criterion. The DFR criteria were determined by reviewing papers written on DFR and discussion with the experts working in the company. The proposed DFR approach involves three main steps. First, relationships among DFR criteria are analyzed using interpretive structural modeling. Analytical network process is then employed to determine the importance weights of the DFR criteria. Finally, technical product characteristics satisfying the DFR criteria are determined using HoQ. The chapter examines the experiences of the engineers from the case company and research findings from the remanufacturing literature were used to identify the contextual relationships among DFR criteria.
