Adaptive production control for agile disassembly systems in remanufacturing

Uncertainties in disassembly lead to low efficiency and high disassembly costs, prohibiting remanufacturing for economic reasons. While agile hybrid disassembly systems (AHDS) could provide a capable platform, they require a sophisticated production planning and control (PPC). This work presents a dynamic production planning and control approach for disassembly (D-PPC) for AHDS, consisting of a reactive control with CONWIP order release and an automated logically adapting Multi-Priority Rule order allocation. Results show that the approach can handle disruptions due to process failure and leads to improved throughput and lower costs, especially reducing delay costs.