ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a multiple objective decision model to determine the best supplier based on the goals of minimizing the total cost, maximizing the material sales revenue, minimizing the total disposal weight, and maximizing the quality level of remanufactured components. It deals with the supplier selection problem in a disassembly-to-order (DTO) system where there is a variety of sensor-embedded end-of-life (EOL) products. The chapter explores the concept of Industry 4.0 from the sustainable product recovery aspect and examined its integration into existing DTO systems. Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, is an innovative concept that aims at fully integrating industrial technologies into the supply chain to optimize the overall value generated. A smart factory allows the core components of industry, such as machines, products, labor, and organization, to communicate with one another in an integrated network. Industry 4.0 brings remarkable advantages to the conventional EOL product management, starting from product and process design.
