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Rework vs Remanufacture - What's the difference?

rework | remanufacture |

As verbs the difference between rework and remanufacture

is that rework is to redo, correct, or rebuild while remanufacture is to make a system or subsystem that meets the standards of one newly manufactured by disassembling a used one, cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn and defective parts, and reassembling.

As a noun rework

is the act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.

rework

English

(wikipedia rework)

Noun

  • The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
    • They sent the assembly back to the shop for rework .
  • (in particular, food manufacturing) Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
  • Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
    • They received the rework back from the shop.
  • Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
    • The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework .
  • (countable) An instance of reworking.

    • Verb

  • To redo, correct, or rebuild.
    • You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.

    Anagrams

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    remanufacture

    English

    (wikipedia remanufacture)

    Verb

    (remanufactur)
  • To make a system or subsystem that meets the standards of one newly manufactured by disassembling a used one, cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn and defective parts, and reassembling.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 7, author=Keith Bradsher, title=Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But used starters and alternators are still remanufactured in the United States, reusing the costly copper wiring in each device and selling them in the $1.5 billion market for replacement starters and alternators. }}