scholarly journals Using a Product’s Sustainability Space as a Design Exploration Tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Mattson ◽  
Andrew T. Pack ◽  
Vicky Lofthouse ◽  
Tracy Bhamra
Keyword(s):  
Multiobjective Optimization ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Water Wells ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Exploration Tool ◽  
Sustainable Product

Sustainable design is often practiced and assessed through the consideration of three essential areas: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and social sustainability. For even the simplest of products, the complexities of these three areas and their tradeoffs cause decision-making transparency to be lost in most practical situations. The existing field of multiobjective optimization offers a natural framework to define and explore a given design space. In this paper, a method for defining a product’s sustainability space (defined by economic, environmental, and social sustainability objectives) is outlined and used to explore the tradeoffs within the space, thus offering both the design team and the decision makers a means of better understanding the sustainability tradeoffs. This paper concludes that sustainable product development can indeed benefit from tradeoff characterization using multiobjective optimization techniques – even when using only basic models of sustainability. Interestingly, the unique characteristics of the three essential sustainable development areas lead to an alternative view of some traditional multiobjective optimization concepts, such as weak-Pareto optimality. The sustainable redesign of a machine to drill boreholes for water wells is presented as a practical example for method demonstration and discussion.

Exploring Decision Tradeoffs in Sustainable Design

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Mattson ◽  
Vicky Lofthouse ◽  
Tracy Bhamra
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Multiobjective Optimization ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Hypodermic Needle ◽  
Sustainable Engineering

Sustainable design involves three essential areas: economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and social sustainability. For even the simplest of products, the complexities of these three areas and their tradeoffs cause decision-making transparency to be lost in most practical situations. The existing field of multiobjective optimization offers a natural framework to explore the tradeoffs in the sustainability space (defined by economic, environmental, and social sustainability issues), thus offering both the designer and the decision makers a means of understanding the sustainability tradeoffs. To facilitate this, a decision making approach that capitalizes on the principles and power of multiobjective optimization is presented. This paper concludes that sustainable development can indeed benefit from tradeoff characterization using multiobjective optimization techniques — even when using only basic models of sustainability. Interestingly, the unique characteristics of the three essential sustainable development areas lead to an alternative view of some traditional multiobjective optimization concepts, such as weak Pareto optimality. The sustainable engineering design of a hypodermic needle is presented as a simple hypothetical example for method demonstration and discussion.

scholarly journals Application of Refined Kano’s Model to Shoe Production and Consumer Satisfaction Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2484
Author(s):  
Chi-Hung Lo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Product Attributes ◽  
Kano Model ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Sustainable Product

Many industries are labor-intensive and energy- and resource-consuming. A sustainable development plan is necessary for the industries as industrial structures have been changing recently. Taiwan’s shoe industry also has experienced such changes and requires a sustainable product development plan for continuous development. Therefore, this study aims to propose a new method by introducing a model of sustainable product development to facilitate the sustainable development of the industry. By taking air-cushioned casual shoe production as an example, this study suggested the refined Kano quality model for exploring the product attributes that improved the customers’ satisfaction. The refined Kano model that was established with interviews and questionnaire surveys was effective to define the product attributes that contributed to satisfying the customers and understanding their perception of product attributes. In the air-cushioned casual shoe production, the model found function, design, innovation, marketing, and service to be important for manufacturers to develop products with limited. It also suggested the priority be put on the attributes of high value-added quality, key quality, and potential quality. The model helped manufacturers decide which product attributes they need to invest in and develop. The relation of product attributes and consumer satisfaction for a sustainable product development model was also found by using the refined Kano model. The result of this study is expected to apply to various industries for establishing an appropriate sustainable product development model.

The journey towards sustainable product development: why are some manufacturing companies better than others at product innovation?

Technovation ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102239
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Ferro de Guimarães ◽  
Eliana Andréa Severo ◽  
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour ◽  
Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour ◽  
Ariane Ferreira Porto Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Computer aided product design tool for sustainable product development

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 362-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Heintz ◽  
Jean-Pierre Belaud ◽  
Nishant Pandya ◽  
Moises Teles Dos Santos ◽  
Vincent Gerbaud
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Sustainable Product

scholarly journals INTEGRATED LIFE CYCLE DESIGN APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Lu ◽  
P. Gu ◽  
S. Spiewak
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Sustainable Product Development ◽  
Design Process Model ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Design Objects ◽  
Lifecycle Design

Sustainable product development (SPD) requires that product design achieve minimal or zero environmental impact, while satisfying other design criteria such as functionality, quality, desirable features, and acceptable cost and time to market. Therefore, environmental evaluations must be incorporated into the design stage. This research is aimed at the development of a new approach to lifecycle design and evaluation. This paper proposes a framework to optimize functional, environmental, and economic (FEE) performance towards sustainable design. Based on the three dimensions of FEE, a systematic lifecycle design process model is proposed, which consists of: the three FEE requirements; two design objects (physical structure and lifecycle structure); and, the FEE evaluation streams of LCQ (functional lifecycle quality), LCA (environmental lifecycle assessment) and LCC (economic lifecycle costing). A new concept, called process-based analysis (PBA) is defined, and used as the base for FEE evaluations.

scholarly journals Institutional-Political Scenarios for Anthropocene Society

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Hoffman ◽  
P. Devereaux Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Change Mechanisms ◽  
Main Change

Natural scientists have proposed that humankind has entered a new geologic epoch. Termed the “Anthropocene,” this new reality revolves around the central role of human activity in multiple Earth ecosystems. That challenge requires a rethinking of social science explanations of organization and environment relationships. In this article, we discuss the need to politicize institutional theory as a means understanding “Anthropocene Society,” and in turn what that resultant society means for the Anthropocene in the natural environment. We modify the constitutive elements of institutional orders and a set of main change mechanisms to explore three scenarios around which future Anthropocene Societies might be built—Collapsing Systems, Market Rules, and Cultural Re-Enlightenment. Simultaneously, we use observations from the Anthropocene to expose limitations in present institutional theory and propose extensions to remedy them. Overall, this article challenges organizational scholars to consider a new paradigm under which research in environmental sustainability and social sustainability takes place.

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