Towards the optimum cost of ownership of switched-mode power supplies: Early stage cost management with life-cycle costing

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2203-2207

  Bescherer, Frank ^a   Sippola, Mika ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Efore Plc   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAGES;

ANNUAL CONFERENCE; COST EFFICIENCIES; COST MANAGEMENT; COST-OF-OWNERSHIP; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY LOSSES; LIFE-CYCLE COSTING; MANUFACTURING COSTS; POWER SUPPLIES; RUNNING COSTS; SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLIES; TOTAL LIFE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 50249187036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2006.347458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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