A system dynamics model for reducing uncertainty in remanufacturing systems

PACIS 2009 - 13th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: IT Services in a Global Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Poles, Roberto ^a   Cheong, France ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management strategy; Remanufacturing; Reverse logistics; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COST OPTIMIZED; CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND INVENTORY CONTROL; REMANUFACTURING; REMANUFACTURING PROCESS; REMANUFACTURING SYSTEM; RESIDENCE TIME; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; TOTAL PRODUCTION COST;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOGISTICS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM THEORY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855656258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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