{"title":"A Universal Code for Lifecycle Management of Products","authors":"V. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.2007.369390","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The UPC code, now nearly universal on retail products, has provided a foundation for efficient product supply chains. The extension of a universal product code to the product lifecycle is could make reuse and recycling more efficient, economical, and could open up new technological possibilities for product lifecycle management. The key questions concern the costs and environmental and economic benefits of extending the UPC throughout the product lifecycle.","PeriodicalId":275164,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.2007.369390","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The UPC code, now nearly universal on retail products, has provided a foundation for efficient product supply chains. The extension of a universal product code to the product lifecycle is could make reuse and recycling more efficient, economical, and could open up new technological possibilities for product lifecycle management. The key questions concern the costs and environmental and economic benefits of extending the UPC throughout the product lifecycle.