... Ecology Process design Product design Product lifecycle Pools Time‐to‐market The ecological aspects of products have become an issue in the product development processes of many companies. Rising waste prices,electronic scrap laws in Germany, Energy Star in the USA, public opinion and personal...

... Motor industry Product design Product lifecycle Recycling Teamwork Design for service (DFS), developed by Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., is one of these design aids. DFS is the result of two years′ effort undertaken in collaboration with the Design For Disassembly, Service,and Environment (DFD/S/E...

... development Open management Participation Product design Product lifecycle Teamwork Technology Financial and commercial pressures have driven many companies,especially in the UK, to just manufacture or sell other people′s products, and dispense with design. This approach avoids many risks, and may...

... Effectiveness Index can be used to compare performance, measure improvement, and evalute business units. Illustrates its application in a case study. Electronics industry Investment New product development Performance measurement Product lifecycle Profitability R&D “How effective are my...

... Product design Product lifecycle Recycling The 1990s promise to transform profoundly the current industrial ecology, which is currently characterized predominantly, but not entirely, by linear flows of materials and energy through interrelated production‐consumption processes. Energy and materials...