Evaluation of Design Alternatives of Sensor Embedded End-of-life Products in Multiple Periods

This paper considers an Advanced-Remanufacturing-To-Order-Disassembly-To-Order system which receives End-Of-Life (EOL) Sensor Embedded Products. Different design alternatives of a sensor-embedded EOL product are considered here. The objective of the proposed model is to evaluate these design alternatives for the ease of disassembly of components and also to determine which of the EOL products should be disassembled, remanufactured, recycled and left untouched to meet the components, products and materials demands. The model provides an approach for evaluating the design alternatives for Design for Disassembly and Design for Remanufacturing. The model uses mathematical programming to solve the problem.