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modeled. In disassembly planning, the yield uncertainty in harvesting parts from cores can be modeled as either stochastically … proportional or binomial, two of these alternatives. A statistical analysis of data from engine remanufacturing of a major car …
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products remanufacturing. In this paper, we discuss the optimal decision for a joint manufacturing and remanufacturing system … in a multi-period horizon, including manufacturing decision, remanufacturing and disposal decisions of the returned …
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technologies have to be evaluated in a prospective manner with a full integrated sustainability and life cycle approach to form a …, technological and ecological comparison of Energy storage technologies based on a life cycle sustainability Analysis (LCSA), multi …
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sustainable development. There is a need to assess energy in a more comprehensive way, to introduce sustainability as a new … understanding alternative resource choices in the context of the sustainability criterion. The present paper introduces a new … research project at ETH within the Alliance for Global Sustainability research framework. One of the goals of the project is to …
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In this work we explore the concept of integrated biorefineries, and we examine alternative schemes for the co-production of biofuels (biodiesel) and chemicals (succinic acid). Four different biorefinery schemes considering the different uses of crude glycerine from the biodiesel process are...
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equity both in the present and for future generations. The results show that if the concept of <em>just sustainability …
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inefficiency? If yes, to what extent and under which conditions—lower remanufacturing cost or higher price sensitivity coefficients … condition with a higher price sensitivity coefficient and/or a lower remanufacturing cost. In addition, the pricing decisions … addition, numerical results suggest that it may be worth adopting such a hybrid strategy when the remanufacturing cost is low …
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interpretation of AC framework is not that straightforward in systems with joint manufacturing and remanufacturing. In such systems … the end-product stock contains both manufactured and remanufactured products. Remanufacturing can be used to convert the … ambiguous. In this paper we analyze a two-product system with manufacturing and remanufacturing in a deterministic setting. By …
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Sustainability has become a major issue in most economies, causing many leading companies to focus on product recovery … management in the remanufacturing context. We study a remanufacturing facility that receives a stream of returned products … remanufacturing facility are when to release returned products to the remanufacturing line and how many new products to manufacture …
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This paper considers an inventory system with an assembly structure. In addition to uncertain customer demands, the system experiences uncertain returns from customers. Some of the components in the returned products can be recovered and reused, and these units are returned to inventory. Returns...
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