Making functional sales environmentally and economically beneficial through product remanufacturing

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 913-925

  Sundin, Erik ^a   Bras, Bert ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for environment; Design for remanufacturing and activity based costing (ABC); Ecodesign; Functional sales; Remanufacturing; Service selling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAW MATERIALS; SALES;

DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN FOR REMANUFACTURING AND ACTIVITY BASED COSTING (ABC); ECODESIGN; FUNCTIONAL SALES; REMANUFACTURING; SERVICE SELLING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 12244298924     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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