Principles for managing technological product obsolescence

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 880-889

  Rai, Rahul ^a   Terpenny, Janis ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design principles; Piggyback products; Product obsolescence; Sustainable product development; Technological obsolescence

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; PIGGYBACK PRODUCTS; PRODUCT OBSOLESCENCE; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL OBSOLESCENCE;

OBSOLESCENCE;

EID: 57349120572     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2008.2005115     Document Type: Article

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