ReX strategies | A sound business case
Sharing the costs and benefits between the partners in the chain is essential for making the whole process economically feasible. Find out how to make collaboration profitable and discover some ideas for taking a pragmatic approach.
Inspiration and insight
Your remanufacturing cost model
In practice, ReX often involves some unknown or invisible costs that you need to understand as soon as possible. This article offers a handy step-by-step plan.
Your ReX business case
The challenge of drawing up a ReX business case starts with realising that you can’t find all the data at once. In other words, you have to start with assumptions and refine iteratively.
Why customers choose remanufactured products
To find out what customers are willing to pay for your ReX product, it’s useful to understand why they choose refurbished and remanufactured products.
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Tools
Typical cost & benefits for remanufacturing
Performance time relation diagram
Price indications for remanufactured products versus new products
Calculate and assess a first iteration of your onsite upgrade business case
Follow the step-by-step plan for calculating the costs of your remanufacturing idea
Share your success with ReX strategies!
Has your company achieved positive results using ReX strategies? We’re keen to hear about your experiences and would like to share your success story with other businesses on this platform. Inspire others with your approach and make sure your story gets the attention it deserves.
Key challenges in setting up ReX collaboration
Recovering products
Contact with the user and owner of the products at the end of life is crucial for setting up reverse logistics. Read about collaboration that focuses on the return flow.
Dealing with ReX complexity in sheltered workshops
Product variability in terms of type, quality and history poses a major challenge for standardised work in sheltered workshops. We describe some possible solutions.
