P.C. disposal decisions: a banking industry case study

Sejal P. Shah; Joseph Sarkis

doi:10.1117/12.455272

11 February 2002 P.C. disposal decisions: a banking industry case study

Sejal P. Shah, Joseph Sarkis

Proceedings Volume 4569, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455272
Event: Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing, 2001, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The service industry and the manufacturing industry are interlinked in a supply chain situation. Part of the effectiveness of some manufacturing industry environmental performance based on remanufacturing and recycling is dependent on service industry decisions. In the information technology arena, personal computers (PCs) are the hard equipment of the service industry. The end-of-life decisions made by the service industry, and in this case the banking industry will have implications for the amount of systems within the waste or reverse logistics stream for manufacturers. Looking at some of the issues (and presenting a model for evaluation) related to decision making concerning end-of-life disposition for PCs is something this paper investigates. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is applied in this circumstance. The development of the model, its application, and results, provide the basis for much of the discussion in this paper.

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Sejal P. Shah and Joseph Sarkis "P.C. disposal decisions: a banking industry case study", Proc. SPIE 4569, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing II, (11 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.455272

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