Design for optimal quality by recycling returned products

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-277

  Masoud, Neda ^a   Azadivar, Farhad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

aftermarket products; design for flexible quality; optimisation; remanufacturing; returned products; sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS; OPTIMISATIONS; REMANUFACTURING; RETURNED PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MANUFACTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84883478087     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2012.699982     Document Type: Article

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