Project cooperation
Reverse value chain for circular electronics management - supported by postal networks
Looking for collaborators who work on enabling digital technologies and data ecosystems for reverse logistics and value chains.
- Early idea
- Already defined
- Consortium seeks Partners
- Enabling technologies | Network design of reverse supply chains
- Enabling technologies | (Advanced/smart) Sensors, e.g., enabling materials, components and product flows measurement
- Data technologies | Interoperability of CVC-relevant data ecosystems, quality assurance and traceability across systems
- Enabling technologies | Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, big data analytics) for monitoring and managing circular value chains
- Enabling technologies | Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management – e.g., Digital Twin / Digital Product Passport
- Enabling technologies | Reverse Manufacturing (e.g. adaptive automation for high variance, sorting, sophisticated logistic systems)
- Enabling technologies | AI-driven diagnostic systems, e.g., for assessing the viability of reused, remanufactured, and recycled components
- Data technologies | (AI based) recognition systems (e.g. image recognition) to evaluate materials, components and products and determine the best use paths
Author
Circular economy and value chains consultant at Universal Postal Union (UPU)
London, United Kingdom