This paper presents an improvement process applied in one remanufacturing toner cartridge industry. It, initially, presents a mapping of the stages of this process by attempting to highlight the main characteristics, which distinguish it from a conventional manufacturing process and emphasizes its importance as an of eco-efficient process aiming at achieving sustainable development. Through three performance indicators proposed by the work, a diagnosis of the existing process was carried out as to the reuse of parts gasthered in the field, fulfilment of customers'orders and quantity of production faults. At the initial diagnosis carried out, the values obtained for theses criteria were located below the established targets proposed by the company. Through the PDCA tool, improvement opportunities in critical points in the manufacturing process were identified. The setting up of these improvements resulted in gains in the performance indicators of nearly 12%. Some classical tools were applied in PDCA implementation, as brainstorming Ishikawa diagram and statistic process control.
Remanufacture; Toner cartridge; PDCA; Quality indicators
