An XML based supply chain integration hub for green product lifecycle management

  • Authors:

  • Fataneh Taghaboni-Dutta;Amy J. C. Trappey;Charles V. Trappey

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 350 Wohlers Hall, MC-706, 1206 S. Sixth Street Champaign, IL 61820, USA;Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan and Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Ts ...;Department of Management Science, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan, ROC

  • Venue:
  • Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The emergence of new regulations for the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, directives on the use of certain hazardous substances, and the Kyoto Protocol are changing industries approach to product design and manufacturing. Traditionally, product lifecycle management systems provide a platform for the management of data related to the creation and disposal of products. These systems assist the participants of the products' life cycle processes (manufacturers, suppliers, customers, and regulators) to use data efficiently for planning and control. However, most data collected do not resolve the environmental issues which arise when selling the products or arranging the products to be replaced and disposed. In this paper, we present an Integrated Green Parts Information Platform (IGPIP) framework (The frame work revisited here was published as ''A Framework for a Green Product Lifecycle Management System'', Issues in Information Systems, Vol. IX, No. (2), 2008, 123-131.) and a working prototype of the system. This system uses XML file transmission to improve the quality, cost and time-to market issues for green designs.