Generation of a demanufacturing price quote

Abstract

A system for generating a price quote to demanufacture a lot of electronic equipment is disclosed. Representative equipment groups are defined which include default values, based upon knowledge and experience, and study values, based upon dismantle studies. When a quote is requested to demanufacture a given lot of equipment, the equipment in the lot is categorized into representative equipment groups. As profit or loss is calculated for each equipment group, if study values are available, the study values are used; otherwise default values are used. Pricing contingency and profit may further be calculated to generate the price quote.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A recordable medium comprising program code stored therein, said medium not being a transitory propagating signal, said program code upon being executed by a demanufacturing price quote processor implements a method for generating a price quote for demanufacturing and disposing of a given lot of end-of-life electronic equipment in an environmentally safe manner, said processor being a computer hardware processor, said method comprising:
 receiving, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, one or more default data values, said one or more default data values comprising at least one default data value having a monetary value;   storing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the one or more default data values in each representative equipment group of a plurality of representative equipment groups of electronic equipment;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a respective group quantity of electronic equipment in each representative equipment group;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, at least one product by multiplying each default data value of the at least one default data value by the respective group quantity;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a profit or loss for each representative equipment group in dependence on the computed at least one product;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a net profit or loss by adding together the calculated profit or loss of the representative equipment groups of the plurality of representative equipment groups;   ascertaining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, that the calculated net profit or loss is a net profit or a net loss;   adjusting, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the net profit or loss by increasing the net loss by a specified pricing contingency factor; and   determining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the price quote using the adjusted net profit or loss.   
     
     
         2 . The recordable medium of  claim 1 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values are selected from the group consisting of part content data identifying a quantity of reusable parts, part value data expressed in monetary units per said reusable part, labor data comprising times for performing labor tasks related to dismantling the electronic equipment, labor cost data expressed in monetary units per unit time for performing said labor tasks, weight data of weight of electronic equipment, commodity content data of amount and weight of commodities, commodity value data expressed in monetary units of said commodities per unit weight, and combinations thereof.   
     
     
         3 . The recordable medium of  claim 2 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values comprise the part content data, the part value data, the labor data, the labor cost data, the commodity content data, and the commodity value data.   
     
     
         4 . The recordable medium of  claim 3 , wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values further comprise the weight data. 
     
     
         5 . The recordable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one piece of dismantled electronic equipment comprises computer equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The recordable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the specified pricing contingency factor is 20%. 
     
     
         7 . A system comprising a demanufacturing price quote processor and a recordable medium having program code stored therein, said processor being hardware, said medium not being a transitory propagating signal, said program code upon being executed by the processor implements a method for generating a price quote for demanufacturing and disposing of a given lot of end-of-life electronic equipment in an environmentally safe manner, said method comprising:
 receiving, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, one or more default data values, said one or more default data values comprising at least one default data value having a monetary value;   storing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the one or more default data values in each representative equipment group of a plurality of representative equipment groups of electronic equipment;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a respective group quantity of electronic equipment in each representative equipment group;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, at least one product by multiplying each default data value of the at least one default data value by the respective group quantity;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a profit or loss for each representative equipment group in dependence on the computed at least one product;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a net profit or loss by adding together the calculated profit or loss of the representative equipment groups of the plurality of representative equipment groups;   ascertaining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, that the calculated net profit or loss is a net profit or a net loss;   adjusting, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the net profit or loss by increasing the net loss by a specified pricing contingency factor; and   determining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the price quote using the adjusted net profit or loss.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values are selected from the group consisting of part content data identifying a quantity of reusable parts, part value data expressed in monetary units per said reusable part, labor data comprising times for performing labor tasks related to dismantling the electronic equipment, labor cost data expressed in monetary units per unit time for performing said labor tasks, weight data of weight of electronic equipment, commodity content data of amount and weight of commodities, commodity value data expressed in monetary units of said commodities per unit weight, and combinations thereof.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values comprise the part content data, the part value data, the labor data, the labor cost data, the commodity content data, and the commodity value data.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more default data values further comprise the weight data. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one piece of dismantled electronic equipment comprises computer equipment. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the specified pricing contingency factor is 20%. 
     
     
         13 . A recordable medium comprising program code stored therein, said medium not being a transitory propagating signal, said program code upon being executed by a demanufacturing price quote processor implements a method for generating a price quote for demanufacturing and disposing of a given lot of end-of-life electronic equipment in an environmentally safe manner, said processor being a computer hardware processor, said method comprising:
 obtaining, by a demanufacturing price quote processor, one or more data values describing at least one piece of dismantled electronic equipment;   receiving, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, one or more dismantle study data values relating to the obtained one or more data values, said one or more dismantle study data values comprising at least one dismantle study data value having a monetary value;   storing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the one or more dismantle study data values in each representative equipment group of a plurality of representative equipment groups of electronic equipment;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a respective group quantity of electronic equipment in each representative equipment group;   computing, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, at least one product by multiplying each dismantle study data value of the at least one dismantle study data value by the respective group quantity;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a profit or loss for each representative equipment group in dependence on the computed at least one product;   calculating, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, a net profit or loss by adding together the calculated profit or loss of the representative equipment groups of the plurality of representative equipment groups;   ascertaining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, that the calculated net profit or loss is a net loss;   adjusting, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the net profit or loss by increasing the net loss by a specified pricing contingency factor; and   determining, by the demanufacturing price quote processor, the price quote using the adjusted net profit or loss.   
     
     
         14 . The recordable medium of  claim 13 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more dismantle study data values are selected from the group consisting of part content data identifying a quantity of reusable parts, part value data expressed in monetary units per said reusable part, labor data comprising times for performing labor tasks related to dismantling the electronic equipment, labor cost data expressed in monetary units per unit time for performing said labor tasks, weight data of weight of electronic equipment, commodity content data of amount and weight of commodities, commodity value data expressed in monetary units of said commodities per unit weight, and combinations thereof.   
     
     
         15 . The recordable medium of  claim 14 ,
 wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more dismantle study data values comprise the part content data, the part value data, the labor data, the labor cost data, the commodity content data, and the commodity value data.   
     
     
         16 . The recordable medium of  claim 15 , wherein for each representative equipment group, the one or more dismantle study data values further comprise the weight data. 
     
     
         17 . The recordable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one piece of dismantled electronic equipment comprises computer equipment. 
     
     
         18 . The recordable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the specified pricing contingency factor is 20%.