... Product life cycle Sustainable production Partnership Supply chain management Manufacturing operations Environmental awareness has considerably been a steady focus in supply chain networks due to several factors such as environment deterioration, regulatory requirements, and consumer pressures...

... (Cohen et al., 1996). The impact of this mantra on all development sites, from research and development (R&D) to manufacturing, is felt once it is strictly aligned with a company's strategy (Prieto and Carvalho, 2011). New product development Product life cycle Time-to-market...

... the effectiveness of using a systematic computer‐aided method for a speedy selection of material and generating quantitative data to measure the environmental performances and assess the product life cycle. Research limitations/implications Although the use of digital databases and material selectors can...

... among the organizations within it. It will be of value to other PSS researchers and organizations transitioning to the delivery of PSS. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Product management Supply Supplier relations Product life cycle Vandermerwe and Rada (1988) propose...

... products for PSS is to design the product from a life‐cycle perspective, considering all the product's life‐cycle phases, namely manufacturing, use, maintenance and end‐of‐life treatment. Many of the design improvements deal with the accessibility of parts and components during maintenance...

.... For achieving desired benefits for both manufacturers and their industrial customers, product‐service systems (PSS) have to be configured systematically. This paper aims to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach The presented approach considers customer, manufacturer and product life cycle...

... No. 6, 2007, pp. 627-58 of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Editor: David Bennett © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Product life cycle Research Small to medium-sized enterprises Supply chain management Article Type: Awards for Excellence...

... at: s_talbot@videotron.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Supply chain management Research Small to medium‐sized enterprises Product life cycle It is recognized that traditional supply chain participants of all sizes, including suppliers, importers, manufacturers and customers...

... can be contacted at: hinespa@cardiff.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 New products Product life cycle Knowledge management Plans The last twenty years have seen a significant contribution from Lean thinking at both academic and practitioner levels. Indeed in many...

...Sameh Saad; Terrence Perera; Xiaoling Xie; Matthew Simon Purpose Effective product life cycle management will save costs and resources and improve customer service. Seeks to present a simulation model of the complete life cycle of a batch of products undergoing breakdown and repair and to show...

..., as well as the ability to create demand, which drives new customers and new opportunities for growth. Today’s markets are in constant flux as companies respond to a wide variety of factors including: seasonality, product life cycles, pricing, and promotions. The requirement is to quickly and accurately...