System simulation and modeling of electronics demanufacturing facilities

Author

Limaye, Ketan ; Caudill, Reggie J.

Author_Institution

Multi-lifecycle Eng. Res. Center, New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

238

Lastpage

243

Abstract

A computer-based tool for simulating demanufacturing facilities from a systems perspective has been developed and validated using data from a small electronics demanufacturer. An activity-based cost model has been integrated into the simulation to examine the full operational and economic trade-offs associated with a demanufacturing business. Various improvement scenarios can be modeled and simulated to evaluate bottomline results from proposed changes in operations, resource utilization, equipment selection, and facility layout

Keywords

digital simulation; electronic engineering computing; electronics industry; recycling; activity-based cost model; computer-based tool; demanufacturing business; economic trade-offs; electronics demanufacturing facilities; equipment selection; facility layout; operational trade-offs; resource utilization; system modeling; system simulation; Business; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Data engineering; Discrete event simulation; Layout; Object oriented modeling; Production facilities; Resource management;

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.1999.765883

Filename

765883