Developing product recovery services: a case study from the electrical power network construction industry

Author

Herold, Marianna

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Finland

fYear

2004

fDate

10-13 May 2004

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

67

Abstract

Environmental awareness and promise of economical benefits have made component reuse, refurbishment and recycling popular in the electrical power network construction industry. When power lines are renewed, respective amounts of used material are dismounted. In many power companies, managing product recovery flows cost-efficiently poses challenges. This paper discusses the results of an industry wide study aimed at developing service concepts for product recovery activities in the electrical power network construction industry. Operational guidelines were outlined for material recovery management services and material exchange services.

Keywords

distribution networks; recycling; reverse logistics; component reuse economical benefits; electrical power network construction industry; end-of-use products; environmental awareness; material exchange services; material recovery management service; power line dismounting; product recovery services; recycling; refurbishment; reverse logistics; Computer aided software engineering; Construction industry; Costs; Electrical products industry; Energy management; Engineering management; Environmental management; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing industries; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2004. Conference Record. 2004 IEEE International Symposium on

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8250-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2004.1299689

Filename

1299689