Search the World's Largest Database of Information Science & Technology Terms & Definitions
InfInfoScipedia LogoScipedia
A Free Service of IGI Global Publishing House
Below please find a list of definitions for the term that
you selected from multiple scholarly research resources.

What is End-of-Life

Chapter 1
The Circular Economy and Its Implications on Sustainability and the Green Supply Chain
Stage that product is not being used by customer.
Published in Chapter:
Design for a Closed-Loop Supply Chain System With Sensor-Embedded Refrigerators
Mehmet Talha Dulman (Northeastern University, USA) and Surendra M. Gupta (Northeastern University, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8109-3.ch001
Abstract
This chapter presents a methodology to evaluate the benefit of using sensors in closed-loop supply chains. Sensors can be embedded into products to collect helpful information during their use and end-of-life (EOL) phases. This information can subsequently be employed to estimate the remaining lives of components and products and to ensure that proper maintenance is provided to avoid premature failures. The information is also useful in determining the quality of the components and products when planning EOL operations such as disassembly, inspection, and remanufacturing. To statistically illustrate these benefits, discrete event simulation is employed to a case study consisting of regular and sensor-embedded refrigerator systems. A design of experiments study is then employed where experiments are run to compare the two systems. The results reveal that the sensor-embedded systems perform much better than the regular systems in terms of disassembly costs, inspection costs, and EOL profits generated by selling the remanufactured products and components.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
More Results
Chapter 1
Sources and Pathways of Marine Litter: A Global Assessment of Plastic Pollution in Coastal and Island Regions
A product reaches its end-of-life when it no longer satisfies users. End-of-life conditions may include a change in the product’s dimension from the original ones, lower cleanliness level which can negatively affect the product’s use, and reduced performance due to extensive use of the product over time ( Ng et al., 2014 ).
Published in Chapter: Sources and Pathways of Marine Litter: A Global Assessment of Plastic Pollution in Coastal and Island Regions; From: Assessing the Effects of Emerging Plastics on the Environment and Public Health
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 21
Ethical Challenges of Engaging Chinese in End-of-Life Talk
This refers to the period when an individual experiences disability or disease that progressively worsens until death. In other words, it is a transitional stage prior to death. The worsening of the condition may be due to aging, or to the advanced stage of a chronic illness or terminal disease. Death is not imminent, but it is approaching and not distant.
Published in Chapter: Ethical Challenges of Engaging Chinese in End-of-Life Talk; From: Handbook of Research on Technoethics
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
eContent Pro Discount Banner
InfoSci OnDemandECP Editorial ServicesAGOSR