Production planning for companies with product recovery and remanufacturing capability

Abstract

We present an integrated set of models addressing issues of production planning in supply chains involving product recovery and disassembly. The supply chain models can be used to develop production plans in the short term, or examine the effects of different strategies in the long term. Uncertainty is addressed by using deterministic models to solve a range of different scenarios. We also develop models to determine profitable disassembly configurations for single and multiple products. Results to date are reported and future directions discussed.