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Re-designing industrial products on a multi-objective basis: a case study

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  • C Achillas

    (International Hellenic University, Thermi, Greece)

  • D Aidonis

    (Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Katerini, Greece)

  • C Vlachokostas

    (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • D Folinas

    (Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Katerini, Greece)

  • N Moussiopoulos

    (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Abstract

Environmentally conscious product design has received significant attention recently. Apart from new products’ development, environmental considerations may also apply for products that manufacturers have already launched in the market. In this case, manufacturers can also make use of their considerable experience gained over the phases following product design (eg production, use, end-of-life, etc) in order to promote substantial improvements as regards their re-designed products’ performance. This paper presents a methodological framework for manufacturers based on Multiple Objective Integer Programming in order to re-design industrial products. The proposed approach includes re-designed product's cost, environmental impact, weight and ease of disassembly. The methodology is applied to a real-world case study, that of netMod network terminal.

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  • C Achillas & D Aidonis & C Vlachokostas & D Folinas & N Moussiopoulos, 2013. "Re-designing industrial products on a multi-objective basis: a case study," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 64(9), pages 1336-1346, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:64:y:2013:i:9:p:1336-1346
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    1. Vlachokostas, Ch. & Michailidou, A.V. & Achillas, Ch., 2021. "Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis towards promoting Waste-to-Energy Management Strategies: A critical review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    2. Paraskevi Ovezikoglou & Dimitrios Aidonis & Charisios Achillas & Christos Vlachokostas & Dionysis Bochtis, 2020. "Sustainability Assessment of Investments Based on a Multiple Criteria Methodological Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-13, August.

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