Determining end-of-life strategies as a part of product definition

Author

Rose, Catherine M. ; Beiter, Kurt A. ; Ishii, Kosuke

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

224

Abstract

This paper presents an approach for determining feasible end-of-life strategies from significant product characteristics. Previous surveys of a broad range of products led to a classification scheme that helps designers incorporate suitable end-of-life strategies in their product definition. The development of the end-of-life categorization results from statistical analysis applied to twelve characteristics across twenty products from the electronics and appliances industries. Further, the paper describes in detail the development of a Web-based application, End-of-Life Design Advisor (ELDA). ELDA guides designers, recycling technology developers and policy makers to specify end-of-life strategies and improve decisions related to end-of-life strategies

Keywords

design for environment; electronics industry; product development; recycling; End-of-Life Design Advisor; Web-based application; appliances industry; classification scheme; electronics industry; end-of-life categorization; end-of-life strategies; new product design; product characteristics; product definition; recycling technology; statistical analysis; Laboratories; Legislation; Mechanical engineering; Product design; Product development; Pulp manufacturing; Recycling; Statistical analysis; Supply chains; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1999. ISEE -1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Danvers, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5495-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1999.765879

Filename

765879