Modelling and planning of Product Recovery Network: The case study of end-of-life refrigerators in Italy

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-404

  Cagno, Enrico ^a   Magalini, Federico ^a   Trucco, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allocation; Case study; Location; Modelling; PRN; Product life cycle; Product recovery Network; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTICS; PLANNING; REFRIGERATORS;

CASE STUDY; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT RECOVERY NETWORK; REVERSE LOGISTICS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40849142538     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2008.017509     Document Type: Article

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