Journal
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 562-570Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.01.016
Keywords
mobile phone remanufacturing; production program planning; linear optimization; discrete-event simulation
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Successful remanufacturing of mobile phones must meet the challenges of continuously falling prices for new phone models, short life cycles, disassembly of unfriendly designs and prohibiting transport, labor and machining costs in high-wage countries. A generic remanufacturing plan for mobile phones is developed. For the planning of remanufacturing capacities and production programs, a linear optimization model is introduced. To support the planner in the periodic adaptation of an existing remanufacturing facility under quickly changing product, process, and market constraints, discrete-event simulation is applied. Uncertainties regarding quantity and conditions of mobile phones, reliability of capacities, processing times, and demand are considered. The simulation model is generated by an algorithm using results from the linear optimization approach. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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