PLETS model: A sustainability concept based approach to product end-of-life management

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5583, Issue , 2004, Pages 118-126

  Dunmade, Israel ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Demanufacturing; Modelling; Product end of life management; Product retirement; Recycling; Remanufacturing; Resource use optimization; Sustainability; Waste reduction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING;

DEMANUFACTURING; MODELLING; PRODUCT END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT RETIREMENT; REMANUFACTURING; RESOURCE USE OPTIMIZATION; WASTE REDUCTION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17044418189     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.569629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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