TY  - JOUR
AB  - The establishment of disassembly plants and the creation of product
designs which specifically facilitate disassembly are enabling
manufacturers to carry out item segregation. Item segregation is
defined as the separation from an assembly of a part or a group of parts
by following a reverse assembly process. Once segregated, the items can
be reused, recycled or discarded. However, there are operational
problems associated with item segregation. Foremost among these are the
lack of planning and scheduling mechanisms, difficulty in coping with
reverse flow of materials and item explosion. Despite the economic and
environmental benefits of disassembly, researchers and practitioners are
lagging behind in developing methodologies to address the operations and
production planning and control issues associated with item segregation.
These issues are addressed.
VL  - 14
IS  - 9
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/01443579410066767
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579410066767
AU  - Brennan Louis
AU  - Gupta Surendra M.
AU  - Taleb Karim N.
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - Operations Planning Issues in an Assembly/Disassembly Environment
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 57
EP  - 67
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -