Reverse Logistics in the Computer Industry
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چکیده
The computer industry has witnessed an unprecedented growth in the last few decades. It is one of the fastest growing manufacturing industries and, due to high rate of obsolescence, one of the industries with the highest rate of e-waste. This paper applies a reverse logistics hierarchy to determine what steps are being taken in the industry and presents some suggested solutions to the problem from the systems theory perspective.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Int. J. Comput. Syst. Signal
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005