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in the report by APICS (2014) stated that remanufacturing is an important method
of complying with sustainability policies, goals, and requirements.
Supply chains, among the various sectors, have garnered greater worldwide attention due to the dynamic nature of present-day business environments (e.g., Angelis
et al. 2017; Genovesea et al. 2017; Gupta et al. 2011). Global supply chains involve
and connect multilevel businesses from various geographical contexts. Because the
industry spans across sectors, regulated by different stakeholders across countries,
inter-nation coordination is key for the growth of the industry. In other words, raising
awareness among government officials regarding remanufacturing business and
remanufactured goods is essential to ease trade restriction on cores and remanufactured goods, especially among the members of regional economic integration. While
most remanufacturing activities have taken place historically in the United States
and Europe, Asia holds excellent potential for the future growth of remanufacturing
(Liu et al. 2014).
This study focused on the current scenario in remanufacturing businesses and
related policies in Southeast Asia through interviews with 12 companies in 4 Southeast Asian countries, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines,
and 5 Japan-based companies having remanufacturing facilities in Southeast Asia.
The aim of this paper is to seek to explore the following questions:
• What are some of the challenges in inbound and outbound logistics?
• What is the role of governments in mitigating the consumers’ perceived risks of
remanufactured products?
The present study contributes to the literature on the circular economy on how
ASEAN and their respective governments can play a critical role by formulating and
implementing policies to manage better supply chains in emerging economies.
11.2 Literature Review
11.2.1 Framework
Nasr et al. (2017) used sensitivity analysis for supply chain remanufacturing
processes to classify barriers into four categories: regulatory and access, technical,
market, and recovery. Figure 11.1 summarizes four barriers. Technical barriers
address challenges of the remanufacturing process. Challenges in the activities
composing a remanufacturing process, such as disassembly, inspection, sorting,
cleaning, reprocessing, reassembly, and inspection/testing, are well-documented in
Steinhilper (1998) and Kurilova-Palisaitiene et al. (2018). Recovery barriers are
“typically a reflection of infrastructure and predominant end-of-use behavior in an
economy,” but the scope is too broad, encompassing the social norms associated with
diversion versus disposal, efficiency, cost, and convenience of diversion programs,
M. Matsumoto et al.
in the report by APICS (2014) stated that remanufacturing is an important method
of complying with sustainability policies, goals, and requirements.
Supply chains, among the various sectors, have garnered greater worldwide attention due to the dynamic nature of present-day business environments (e.g., Angelis
et al. 2017; Genovesea et al. 2017; Gupta et al. 2011). Global supply chains involve
and connect multilevel businesses from various geographical contexts. Because the
industry spans across sectors, regulated by different stakeholders across countries,
inter-nation coordination is key for the growth of the industry. In other words, raising
awareness among government officials regarding remanufacturing business and
remanufactured goods is essential to ease trade restriction on cores and remanufactured goods, especially among the members of regional economic integration. While
most remanufacturing activities have taken place historically in the United States
and Europe, Asia holds excellent potential for the future growth of remanufacturing
(Liu et al. 2014).
This study focused on the current scenario in remanufacturing businesses and
related policies in Southeast Asia through interviews with 12 companies in 4 Southeast Asian countries, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines,
and 5 Japan-based companies having remanufacturing facilities in Southeast Asia.
The aim of this paper is to seek to explore the following questions:
• What are some of the challenges in inbound and outbound logistics?
• What is the role of governments in mitigating the consumers’ perceived risks of
remanufactured products?
The present study contributes to the literature on the circular economy on how
ASEAN and their respective governments can play a critical role by formulating and
implementing policies to manage better supply chains in emerging economies.
11.2 Literature Review
11.2.1 Framework
Nasr et al. (2017) used sensitivity analysis for supply chain remanufacturing
processes to classify barriers into four categories: regulatory and access, technical,
market, and recovery. Figure 11.1 summarizes four barriers. Technical barriers
address challenges of the remanufacturing process. Challenges in the activities
composing a remanufacturing process, such as disassembly, inspection, sorting,
cleaning, reprocessing, reassembly, and inspection/testing, are well-documented in
Steinhilper (1998) and Kurilova-Palisaitiene et al. (2018). Recovery barriers are
“typically a reflection of infrastructure and predominant end-of-use behavior in an
economy,” but the scope is too broad, encompassing the social norms associated with
diversion versus disposal, efficiency, cost, and convenience of diversion programs,