Every day, between 0.5% and 2% of our components are set aside at the end of the production line, deemed non-conforming and traditionally considered waste.
But what if these “rejects” still held value?
What if revisiting and remanufacturing these parts could unlock both environmental and economic benefits?
What if revisiting and remanufacturing these parts could unlock both environmental and economic benefits?
A transformative approach to ethical industrialization
For our Telematic Control Unit project with our client, a US based self-driving vehicle technology company, our teams decided to take a different approach. Instead of discarding non-conforming pieces, we asked: could these parts be reworked and reintegrated into the production flow?
Through meticulous defect analysis by our Architecture and Network Solutions and AUMOVIO Engineering Solutions teams, the industrialization team developed a transformative approach:
- Reintegration over elimination – certain parts can be returned to the production process instead of being scrapped.
- Design optimization for circularity – products are designed to facilitate remanufacturing and longer life cycles.
- Reducing carbon footprint – by avoiding unnecessary waste, we conserve raw materials and energy.
- Maintaining quality and controlling costs – remanufactured parts meet the same rigorous standards as new components.
- Reintegration over elimination – certain parts can be returned to the production process instead of being scrapped.
- Design optimization for circularity – products are designed to facilitate remanufacturing and longer life cycles.
- Reducing carbon footprint – by avoiding unnecessary waste, we conserve raw materials and energy.
- Maintaining quality and controlling costs – remanufactured parts meet the same rigorous standards as new components.
This innovative approach touches key stages of manufacturing, including thermal paste application, EMC protection design and placement, screwing, programming, marking, and final inspection. Each step is now designed with the possibility of reintegration in mind, ensuring fewer discarded parts and a more ethical workflow.
The impact is tangible
- Less waste – fewer components are discarded.
- Smarter resource use – raw materials are utilized more efficiently.
- Greater sustainability – products are reconditioned instead of replaced.
- Making mobility safe, exciting, connected and autonomous – being the adaptive powerhouse for future mobilty.
- Less waste – fewer components are discarded.
- Smarter resource use – raw materials are utilized more efficiently.
- Greater sustainability – products are reconditioned instead of replaced.
- Making mobility safe, exciting, connected and autonomous – being the adaptive powerhouse for future mobilty.
It challenges us to think collectively by:
- Rethinking habitual practices.
- Adapting to evolving customer expectations while,
- Giving products a second life.
- Rethinking habitual practices.
- Adapting to evolving customer expectations while,
- Giving products a second life.