REMANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRY 5.0 WITHIN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Abstract

The automobile sector is one of the emerging sectors in the Indian economy. It accounts for a large share of exports and contributes to millions of jobs in India. Today, this sector is facing new challenges due to climate change, increased international competition, and emission norms. Additionally, due to the limited availability of natural resources, the government has started implementing a scrap policy in India. The answer to this scarp policy is to implement remanufacturing activities effectively. Remanufacturing presents a significant challenge for Indian automobile manufacturing, necessitating the resolution of inherent remanufacturing barriers or challenges. Poor product life cycle information (PLCI) is the key barrier to remanufacturing and has a negative impact on it. Industry 5.0 has the capability to tackle these issues by recovering, processing, and analyzing Product Life Cycle (PLC). In fact, ongoing research is focusing on implementing remanufacturing strategies using I5.0, aiming to address remanufacturing barriers and develop new remanufacturing business models. The current research focuses on identifying the challenges and opportunities for remanufacturing, as well as improving the existing remanufacturing practices, particularly in the automotive industry within Industry 5.0. We conducted an extensive literature survey to map problems and success factors for remanufacturing, and investigate whether the sector can use Industry 5.0 to reduce these hindrances and their impact.

The findings demonstrate that Industry 5.0 can help remanufacturing achieve incremental gains. Technology advancements such as IoT, digital twins, RFID, and IIoT, among others, enable us to gather and access more information about remanufacturing parts and components. Remanufacturing operations can reduce uncertainty, leading to improved planning for remanufacturing. Therefore, we can conclude that Industry 5.0 will bring about a shift in the way we think about remanufacturing, potentially leading to incremental improvements. This study will help reduce the waste management of components and products, especially in the automobile industry, and promote remanufacturing. These technologies will also assist developing countries in formulating and implementing scrap policies more effectively.