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Supply chain overview: Retailers (deliver) -> Consumers (return) -> Retailers (deliver) -> (source) RecycleMedCo Recycle

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:44 pm
by answerhappygod
Supply chain overview:
Retailers (deliver) -> Consumers (return) -> Retailers
(deliver) -> (source) RecycleMedCo RecycleMedCo (deliver) ->
(source) InnoMedRepairCo
InnoMedCo is an innovative European company designing medical
devices. It controls/owns two businesses, InnoMedRepairCo
(responsible for repairing devices) and RecycleMedCo (responsible
for disassembling the items into components for recycling). Repairs
that are designed and made by InnoMedCo are sold through Retailers.
When consumers decide to dispose of the medical devices in an
environmentally sustainable way, they turn to retailers who
currently handle recalls and attempt to deal with returns but are
not well set up to manage the return of devices at their end of
life. InnoMedCo plans to implement extended producer responsibility
(EPR) program. The main objective of RecycleMedCo is to assess
returned/discarded devices to determine if they are repairable,
what components can be recycled or resold (once the devices are
disassembled). RecycleMedCo are InnoMedRepairCo’s main supplier of
components. Other suppliers are makers of the original components.
Some of criteria for InnoMedRepairCo selecting a particular product
to repair are how many products are recalled (failed components are
identified), what is the customer demand for a product that require
a replacement component, or how many components wear out and need
replacing.
B. Explain how RecycleMedCo could use artificial
intelligence (AI) to automate the identification of reusable
components that are suitable for InnoMedRepairCo. And
InnoMedRepair. Propose a single AI technology or a bundle of AI
technologies for your
solution.