Title :
Choice of end-of-life product management strategy: a case study in alternative telephone concepts
Author :
Low, Ming ; Williams, David ; Dixon, Colin
Author_Institution :
Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
Abstract :
There are a number of options which can be taken at the end of the first life of a product. These include recycling, remanufacture, upgrade, resale/reuse and disposal. This paper presents a comparison of the options for commercial and design parameters that represent telephone handset products and seeks to define key variables within each scenario and outline simple mathematical models to support the resolution of the trade-offs between scenarios
Keywords :
economics; management; recycling; telecommunication equipment; telephone sets; telephony; design parameters; disposal; end-of-life product management strategy; financial models; mathematical models; recycling; remanufacture; resale; reuse; telephone handset products; trade-offs; upgrade; Computer aided software engineering; Cost function; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Mathematical model; Recycling; Technology management; Telephone sets; Telephony; Waste management;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1996. ISEE-1996., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2950-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1996.500408
