A design strategy support tool for product reutilisation

Knowing the suitable strategy to process a product after its retirement at the early design stage is critical for designers to move the design towards a higher level of eco-efficiency, especially when they are engaging in an original design or the radical redesign of an casting product In this paper, a quantitative planning method is presented for the prediction of product reutilizzation strategy at its end of life. Essential technical factors and their joint influences on product end-of-lifie arrangements are analysed and evaluated as the basis for decision-making.