A method and system for managing the overall life cycle of a product from its manufacture to its destruction or recycling. To the product is affixed a storage medium storing a product identifier uniquely identifying the product and information about the parts that are contained in the product. At each...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US6321983?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6321983 - Method for managing life cycles and system for the same
