Topics in product remanufacturing, repair and disposal

This dissertation studies the impact of extended product life cycle responsibility on the management and coordination of supply chains, motivated by problems observed in different industries. The first chapter analyzes the economics of technology selection and market segmentation for remanufacturabl...

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Main Author Debo, Laurens G
Format Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Published ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2002
Subjects
Business costs
Business to business commerce
Commerce-Business
Consumers
Copyright
Cost control
Decision making
Economics
Environmental science
Industrial engineering
Inventory
Inventory control
Inventory management
Legislation
Management
Manufacturing
Marketing
Prices
Product development
Product life cycle
Product lines
Production planning
Profitability
Profits
Remanufacturing
Repair & maintenance
Sales
Scrap
Studies
Supply chains
Target markets
Tires
Used goods
Useful life
Waste disposal
Willingness to pay
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Summary:This dissertation studies the impact of extended product life cycle responsibility on the management and coordination of supply chains, motivated by problems observed in different industries. The first chapter analyzes the economics of technology selection and market segmentation for remanufacturable products. The analysis delineates the product and market characteristics that dictate whether producing a remanufacturable product is profitable, and reveals the importance of the integrated management of new and remanufactured product lines. The second chapter analyzes the role that capacity plays when the service provider is an ‘expert’ (for example a car repairer) and recommends the amount of ‘treatment’ or ‘service’ that is appropriate for the customer. The analysis shows that restricting capacity can be used as a strategic tool to signal that no unnecessary service is advised. Motivated by the scrap tire problem, the third chapter identifies research issues that arise in mass industries with difficult product disposal. A description of the generic structure of tire supply chains and the incentives of legislators to control for the negative environmental externality of scrap tire disposal highlights two areas for research: The problem of developing new markets for scrap tires and the problem of organizing the scrap tire collection channel.
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