From Cloud manufacturing to Cloud remanufacturing: A Cloud-based approach for WEEE recovery

The modern manufacturing industry calls for a new generation of integration models that are more interoperable, intelligent, adaptable and distributed. Evolved from service-oriented architecture, web-based manufacturing and Cloud computing, a Cloud manufacturing model has been discussed worldwide which enables manufacturing enterprises to respond quickly and effectively to the changing global market. Especially for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), it is a critical necessity to reuse, remanufacture, recycle and recover it by re-shaping the lifecycle management patterns. In this paper, recent WEEE research works are briefly reviewed. Next, a novel service-oriented remanufacturing platform is introduced based on the Cloud manufacturing concept.