scholarly journals Towards an Assessment Methodology to Support Decision Making for Sustainable Electronic Waste Management Systems: Automatic Sorting Technology

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Barletta ◽  
Jon Larborn ◽  
Mahesh Mani ◽  
Björn Johannson
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13955
Author(s):  
Nurhadi Wibowo ◽  
Jerry Kuswara Piton ◽  
Rahmat Nurcahyo ◽  
Djoko Sihono Gabriel ◽  
Farizal Farizal ◽  
...  

Electronic waste (e-waste) has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. However, only 17.4% of it can be collected and recycled in 2019. This study aims to formulate strategies to improve the supply chain of e-waste management in Indonesia. Methods used to develop strategies in this study are the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL), the Analytical Network Process (ANP), Strength–Weaknesses–Opportunities–Threats (SWOT), and the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM). The results show that infrastructure criteria have the largest weight, that is 0.267, followed by a social environment with 0.261, regulation with 0.244, stakeholder with 0.122, and economy with 0.054. The top priority of the selected strategies is to improve public education (ST1) and provide socialization of regulations and sanctions to the public (ST2).


Author(s):  
Mahmoud Abdelrahman ◽  
K. Nadia Papamichail ◽  
Simon French

With the advent of the knowledge economy and the growing importance of knowledge societies, organizations are constantly seeking new ways of leveraging knowledge assets to support Decision Making (DM) processes. This chapter presents an initial insight to the little-researched phenomenon of how Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) can support DM processes in organizations. A synthesis of ideas from a literature review suggests a new conceptual framework with several critical factors that organizations should take into account to assess the usage of KMSs tools in supporting DM processes in organizations. The proposed framework, “USUQ,” will benefit managers in both public and private sectors in knowing how the Usage, Satisfaction, Usefulness, and the Quality of using KMSs can support DM processes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Michael Lachney ◽  
Liz O. Boltz ◽  
Brittany Dillman ◽  
Candace Robertson ◽  
Aman Yadav

Discussions of ethics within in-service teacher education tend to focus on microethical concerns (e.g., discipline) that deal with decision making at interpersonal levels. Issues concerning educational technology are no exception. Yet, as teachers choose and are expected to integrate technological devices (e.g., laptops) and sociotechnical systems (e.g., learning management systems) into pedagogical practices, their classrooms and schools may become implicated in macroethical issues (e.g., electronic waste) that reach beyond the local consequences of their direct actions. Necessitated by tight couplings of technology and education, this article presents the concept of macroethics for teacher educators by grounding it in three areas of concern: obsolescence, automation, and big data. These three areas offer opportunities to make economic and environmental issues more central to case studies on technology in teacher education. At the same time, teacher educators will need to put emphasis on critical reflection and collective action in units on macroethics since the limited impact of individual decision-making on these issues may put teachers in double binds (i.e., dilemmas with contradictory demands).


2017 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 557-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nunzia Linzalone ◽  
Alessio Coi ◽  
Paolo Lauriola ◽  
Daniela Luise ◽  
Alessandra Pedone ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4686
Author(s):  
Christian Dierks ◽  
Tabea Hagedorn ◽  
Alessio Campitelli ◽  
Winfried Bulach ◽  
Vanessa Zeller

Bulk mineral waste materials are one of the largest waste streams worldwide and their management systems can differ greatly depending on regional conditions. Due to this variation, the decision-making context is of particular importance when studying environmental impacts of mineral waste management systems with life cycle assessment (LCA). We follow the premise that LCA results—if applied in practice—are always used in an improvement (i.e., decision-making) context. But how suitable are existing LCA studies on bulk mineral waste management for decision support? To answer this question, we quantitatively and qualitatively assess 57 peer-reviewed bulk mineral waste management LCA studies against 47 criteria. The results show inadequacies regarding decision support along all LCA phases. Common shortcomings are insufficient attention to the specific decision-making context, lack of a consequential perspective, liberal use of allocation and limited justification thereof, missing justifications for excluded impact categories, inadequately discussed limitations, and incomplete documentation. We identified the following significant issues for bulk mineral waste management systems: transportation, the potential leaching of heavy metals, second-order substitution effects, and the choice to include or exclude avoided landfilling and embodied impacts. When applicable, we provide recommendations for improvement and point to best practice examples.


Author(s):  
Cecilia Askham Nyland ◽  
Ingunn Saur Modahl ◽  
Hanne Lerche Raadal ◽  
Ole Jørgen Hanssen

Author(s):  
Mhd. Alamin ◽  
Eka Irawan ◽  
Jaya Tata Hardinata

This study aims to build a decision support system that has the ability to analyze in selecting the best employees in the EAST SIANTAR CUP OFFICE using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. Employees can be compared one to the other from assessment factors and alternatives so that they can give the output of priority intensity values in producing a system that gives an assessment to each employee. This study aims to determine the best employees in the EAST SIANTAR MESSAGE OFFICE. Decision support systems are computer-based information systems (including knowledge-based knowledge management systems) that are used to support decision making in an organization, institution, agency or company. In the process of recruiting the best employees there are several factors that become an assessment, namely from Responsibility, Diligent, honesty and discipline. For the sake of work efficiency and effectiveness, appropriate decision making is needed which aims to build an analysis capability for the best employee selection


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
DANSON NGETHE

Purpose: There is a variety of electronic waste found in the country ranging from computers, cellular phones, televisions sets, refrigerators, and entertainment electronics amongst others. The general objective of the study was access the influence of electronic waste management systems in Kenya. A critical literature review Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps. Findings: The study concludes that the methods employed in e-waste management were still inadequate. Most importers disposed of the undistributed computers and mobile phone at a discounted price to retailers and consumers. Very few importers used extended ·producer responsibility. In addition, majority of the end users used auctioning as a method of e-waste management. Recommendations: The study suggested that there is a need for the manufacturer to design a system which provides incentives to consumers to bring back products to the appropriate collection points. The incentives can be used in the beginning of the collection scheme as a way of advertising the scheme and when the scheme is well established the manufacturer can review and determine if there is need for incentives. Keywords: influence, electronic waste, management systems, Kenya


The article discusses the approach to creating projects of organizational management systems that allow to use the theoretical and practical results of research in the field of artificial intelligence in their design. The importance of using the experience gained to support decision-making in the organizational management system was emphasized. In addition, appropriate recommendations will be developed for the intellectual support of decision-making in integrated management systems, as well as the introduction of service technologies. In the example of supporting management decisions, optimal solutions are put forward for the intellectual processing of information, the creation of services appropriate to expert systems. The article is based on theoretical and analytical data.


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