A methodological approach to manage WEEE recovery systems in a push/pull logic

Author

Gallo, Mosè ; Romano, Elpidio ; Santillo, Liberatina C.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1035

Lastpage

1047

Abstract

This work aims at establishing a new management paradigm for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection and treatment networks, based on Lean Thinking methodological approaches. The objective is to maximize the WEEE recovery rate to effectively support the production of new products, creating on one side the conceptual basis of the Closed Loop Supply Chain, and on the other side minimizing the environmental impact of production processes in exploiting natural resources. The achievement of such results is supported by the application of a System Dynamics simulation approach.

Keywords

WEEE Directive; lean production; natural resources; product development; production engineering computing; push-pull production; reverse logistics; supply chain management; waste recovery; WEEE recovery system management; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment collection network; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment treatment network; closed loop supply chain; environmental impact; lean thinking methodological approach; natural resources; new product; production process; push-pull logic; system dynamic simulation approach; Companies; Computational modeling; Electronic waste; Reverse logistics; Supply chains;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2011 Winter

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0891-7736

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2108-3

Electronic_ISBN

0891-7736

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2011.6147827

Filename

6147827