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T N Goh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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adapting the robust design methodology to support Sustainable Product development
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014Co-Authors: Ida Gremyr, Vanajah Siva, Hendry Raharjo, T N GohAbstract:Research on Product development has pointed to a challenge in integrating sustainability considerations into existing engineering practices rather than adding additional sets of practices and tools. The question is what practices are suitable for consideration? One set of practices and tools, deemed suitable due to its focus on long-term impacts and customer focus, is Quality Management. Within this area, the Robust Design Methodology has a historic connection to sustainability vis-a-vis quality loss caused by a Product not only to an individual customer, but to society at large. Hence, there appears to be a neglected connection to the sustainability area. This paper explores how efforts based on the Robust Design Methodology may better contribute to sustainability and, more specifically, to Sustainable Product development. This paper reviews earlier Robust Design Methodology case studies that reveal how it supports sustainability. However, the reviews also reveal that efforts so far have focused only on the manufacturing and use phases of a Product's lifecycle. Hence, adaptations of the methodology are needed, such as more conceptual and qualitative tools and explicit inclusion of eco-design indicators as a response variable in, for example, Design of Experiments. Adapting the Robust Design Methodology enables meeting the key aspects of an eco-design tool: addressing early integration of environmental aspects in development processes, having a lifecycle approach, and being a multi-criteria approach.
Chris Conley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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An approach to assessing Sustainable Product-service systems
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015Co-Authors: Chun Juei Chou, Chong Wen Chen, Chris ConleyAbstract:Abstract Academic interests in the Product-service system have shifted from the area of environmental sustainability to the socio-economic issues. In this context, life cycle assessment is no longer the only approach to interpreting the performances of Product-service systems. Multiple criteria reflecting Product-service quality, customer satisfaction, and the full sustainability concerns would be needed to evaluate the system solutions. In this paper, a concept of Sustainable Product-service efficiency is proposed to explore the relationship between Product-service value and the sustainability impact. Additionally, the authors discuss how this concept can be applied to assess Sustainable Product-service systems.
Sergio Terzi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sustainable Product Lifecycle: The Role of ICT
Sustainability, 2019Co-Authors: Francesco Galati, Barbara Bigliardi, Alberto Petroni, Claudia Pinna, Monica Rossi, Sergio TerziAbstract:In this paper, we introduce the themes addressed and the approaches used in the Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Product Lifecycle: The Role of ICT”. Specifically, by offering multiple perspectives of analysis, this work increases our comprehension and understanding of the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in enhancing Sustainable Product lifecycle.
Bopaya Bidanda - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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modeling Sustainable Product lifecycle decision support systems
International Journal of Production Economics, 2009Co-Authors: Guiping Hu, Bopaya BidandaAbstract:Sustainable Product lifecycle systems are attracting increasing attention because of cost competition, resource constraints and environmental issues. Short lifecycle Products, such as consumer and defense electronics, are of particular concern. We formulate a Product lifecycle evolution system based on stochastic dynamic programming. By applying the concept of a Sustainable Product lifecycle system on a Product line, conclusions and guidelines for rational decision making can be developed through each phase of the Product life cycle.
Vanajah Siva - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Quality Management for Sustainable Product development: Adaptations of practices and tools
2016Co-Authors: Vanajah SivaAbstract:Quality Management is a management approach that has been suggested to project a number of synergies with Sustainable development in general, and environmental sustainability in particular. For example, the principles of customer focus and continuous improvement are applicable in practices supporting environmental sustainability, especially in Product development. Such synergies could be used to the advantages of organizations who are faced with the challenges of current era, to develop and manufacture Products with considerations, not only toward quality, cost and time but also, to the environment. However, the application of Quality Management practices and tools to support environmental sustainability in Product development is neither straightforward nor simple. The purpose of this thesis is, therefore, to explore and identify the adaptations of Quality Management practices and tools to better support environmental sustainability. Specific focus is given to the integration of environmental requirements in Product development, and to the adaptations of Robust Design Methodology, as one Quality Management methodology. This thesis consists of five studies; one literature review, one conceptual study, and three case studies, addressing four research questions. The purpose of the literature review was to elaborate on the support of Quality Management for business approaches toward Sustainable development. The findings show that there is a lack of adaptations of Quality Management practices and tools to exploit its potential contributions toward Sustainable development. Further, the customer focus view requires expansion from focus on the user to include all stakeholders. The literature review precedes two case studies that explored the joint consideration of quality and environmental requirements in a Product development setting. The first case was of a large manufacturing organization in Sweden. The second was a comparative study between the same Swedish organization, and a large manufacturer in The Netherlands. Results show that Quality Management can support the two Sustainable Product development approaches, namely the integration of environmental requirements in existing methodologies, and the implementation of dedicated environmental concepts and tools such as Design for Environment and Life Cycle Assessment. However, adaptations of current practices and tools were found necessary. This was conceptually exemplified in the next study that explores how Robust Design Methodology-based efforts may better contribute to sustainability and, more specifically, to Sustainable Product development. Based on a review of selected published cases on the Robust Design Methodology-based efforts to minimize environmental impacts, an adaptation area suggested was to expand the view of the noise factors in order to realize the potential to contribute to various life cycle stages of a Product. This was exemplified in the final case study of a medium-sized Swedish manufacturer, where the adoption of a life cycle approach to noise factor identification was proposed as a new practice of Robust Design Methodology. Quality Management contributes to Sustainable Product development where its practices and tools are shared in a co-organized Product development setting. Additionally, Robust Design Methodology contributes to Sustainable Product development through the expansion of the customer focus view and the adoption of a life cycle approach. Further, the challenges in Sustainable Product development, such as the lack of integration of environmental requirements, differ according to the two approaches that could be adopted by managers in terms of the type of Products manufactured in varying industries. This thesis points to more empirical investigations of Quality Management practices and tools to support Sustainable Product development, and of the usefulness of Quality Management to economic and social sustainability, for future research.
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adapting the robust design methodology to support Sustainable Product development
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014Co-Authors: Ida Gremyr, Vanajah Siva, Hendry Raharjo, T N GohAbstract:Research on Product development has pointed to a challenge in integrating sustainability considerations into existing engineering practices rather than adding additional sets of practices and tools. The question is what practices are suitable for consideration? One set of practices and tools, deemed suitable due to its focus on long-term impacts and customer focus, is Quality Management. Within this area, the Robust Design Methodology has a historic connection to sustainability vis-a-vis quality loss caused by a Product not only to an individual customer, but to society at large. Hence, there appears to be a neglected connection to the sustainability area. This paper explores how efforts based on the Robust Design Methodology may better contribute to sustainability and, more specifically, to Sustainable Product development. This paper reviews earlier Robust Design Methodology case studies that reveal how it supports sustainability. However, the reviews also reveal that efforts so far have focused only on the manufacturing and use phases of a Product's lifecycle. Hence, adaptations of the methodology are needed, such as more conceptual and qualitative tools and explicit inclusion of eco-design indicators as a response variable in, for example, Design of Experiments. Adapting the Robust Design Methodology enables meeting the key aspects of an eco-design tool: addressing early integration of environmental aspects in development processes, having a lifecycle approach, and being a multi-criteria approach.
