Patent ID: 7054824

Claim:
A method for optimally demanufacturing an electronic product to recover a largest revenue, said method comprising: providing said electronic product for demanufacturing, said electronic product having a plurality of parts, wherein each of said parts comprises one or more commodities; collecting a resale price for said electronic product; collecting one or more resale prices for one or more of said parts respectively; collecting one or more commodity prices for one or more of said commodities respectively; determining if said electronic product contains hazardous materials, and if so, determining a hazardous materials handling expense; determining a labor expense to remove said each of said parts from said electronic product; entering said resale price for said electronic product, said one or more resale prices for said one or more parts, said one or more commodity prices, said labor expense, and said hazardous materials handling expense, if any, into a computer model; executing said computer model to determine a highest commodity value irrespective of said one or more resale prices for one or more of said parts, or said resale price for said electronic product; executing said computer model to determine a highest removed parts value irrespective of said one or more commodity prices for one or more of said commodities, or said resale price for said electronic product; executing said computer model to make a determinations as to which of said resale price for said electronic product, said highest removed parts value less said labor expense, and said highest commodity value is greater and which of said parts, if any, should be removed from said electronic product so as to recover said largest revenue; and in response to said determination, either offering said electronic product for resale, or removing said parts which were determined to be removed, if any, and offering said parts for resale, removing said hazardous materials, if any, separating any remaining parts into said commodities, and offering said commodities for resale.