Products Refurbishment and its Logistics in Environment Conscious Product Lifecycle Management

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Products refurbishment and the logistic systems are discussed toward environment conscious product lifecycle management. Three alternative systems are enumerated and their environmental impacts are compared. The first system implements the refurbishment at the products users, the second does it at the dealers, and the third does it at the manufacturer. Depending on the place performing it, the necessary logistic systems are varied. Further, a performance level of the refurbishment depends not only on the place but also on the products structure. Then, the environmental impacts from the systems are formulated and dominance relations among the systems are clarified.