Manufacturing and Remanufacturing for Technological Innovation and Application
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Sustainable Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 30
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Interests: construction and demolition waste; industrial ecology; green behavior; environmental psychology; green development; environmental management; supply chain management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Driven by the dual imperatives of technological innovation and sustainability, the manufacturing industry is undergoing a paradigm shift—a context in which remanufacturing has emerged not only as a resource-efficient alternative to traditional production, but also as a fertile ground for system-level innovation. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research that bridges industrial engineering, engineering management, and technological applications in both the manufacturing and remanufacturing domains.
We particularly welcome studies that explore how advanced modeling, optimization, digital tools, and performance-based decision frameworks can enhance system efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and enable scalable industrial applications. The Special Issue will provide a forum for interdisciplinary insights relevant to researchers, engineers, and policy-makers engaged in transforming production and regeneration systems under resource and policy constraints.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Intelligent production planning and scheduling for hybrid manufacturing–remanufacturing systems;
- Life cycle design and sustainable process innovation;
- Digital twin and cyber–physical systems in manufacturing execution and control;
- Lean and green manufacturing strategies;
- Engineering management approaches for circular and closed-loop supply chains;
- Data-driven quality assurance and traceability systems;
- Environmental performance evaluation and life cycle costing;
- The techno-economic assessment of remanufacturing business models;
- Industrial case studies and field-based applications.
Dr. Xingwei Li
Prof. Dr. Joao Paulo Davim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- manufacturing systems
- remanufacturing
- circular economy
- technological innovation
- sustainable manufacturing
- engineering management
- smart factory
- industrial engineering
- product life cycle
- closed-loop supply chain
- resource efficiency
- digital manufacturing
- process optimization
- environmental impact assessment
- green supply chain
- intelligent decision-making
- production planning and control
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- Industry 4.0 applications
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