A METHODOLOGY TO SUPPORT COMPANIES IN THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS DE-MANUFACTURING

Abstract De-manufacturing and re-manufacturing are fundamental technical solutions to efficiently recover value from post-use products. Disassembly in one of the most complex activities de-manufacturing because i) more manual it is higher its cost, ii) disassembly times variable due uncertainty conditions products reaching their EoL, iii) necessary know which components disassemble balance cost disassembly. The paper proposes a methodology that finds ways applications: can be applied at design stage detect space for product improvements, also represents baseline organizations approaching first time. consists four main steps, firstly targets identified, according environmental impact; secondly sequence qualitatively evaluated, successively quantitatively determined via times, predicting status component End Life. aim reached fourth phase when alternative, eco-friendlier Life strategies proposed, verified, chosen.