Refurbishing makes an economic payout to an OEM or end-user in that it recaptures value added for the cost of labor, energy, and manufacturing operations that are in addition to the cost of raw materials to manufacture the product.

When a product is repaired, only defective parts are diagnosed and replaced. Refurbished products differ in that parts subject to degradation affecting the performance that are not deemed defective may be replaced to bring a unit back up to original OEM standards and to help better avoid future defects.