scholarly journals Modeling an Innovative Green Design Method for Sustainable Products

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao-Tsung Ko
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Environment Impact ◽  
Sustainable Products ◽  
Green Product Design

Global warming and climate change are currently the world’s most pressing issues. The causes are the results of people pursuing a better quality of life and a material civilization. Thus, if the concept of green design can be applied when designing and manufacturing products, it will greatly reduce the environment impact of such production. This paper addresses a novel green design method based on the extension theory and concept of Green DNAs, which embraces the concepts of green technology, green material, and green manufacturing. The proposed method can provide designers with a decomposing–recomposing approach with rigorous logic and deduction processes for transforming general products into green products. It can also facilitate the use of green modular approaches in product design and improve product disassembly to raise the value added by product recycling. It offers companies concrete guidance and detailed steps to apply in green product design. Finally, a practical green product design of a medical air purifier is demonstrated to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Green Design Methods Based on Product Configuration

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 320-322
Author(s):  
Zhi Yong Dai ◽  
Ming Hai Yuan ◽  
Shuo Cheng ◽  
Ai Min Ji
Keyword(s):  
Mass Customization ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
New Product ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Product Configuration ◽  
Configuration Design ◽  
Green Product

According to the overseas and domestic researches on green design and mass customization, this paper does research on green product configuration design method based on the three configuration algorithms, and proposes a new product configuration method aiming at realizing the goal of green design under mass customization (MC). By studying on green design method based on product configuration, strong support is provided for enterprises with green manufacturing both in theory and method.

scholarly journals Green Product Design and Pricing Decisions in a Risk-Averse Supply Chain under Alternative Power Structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Tiantian Xu ◽  
Jizhou Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
Green Product Design

Motivated by the prevailing green product design and the different supply chain power structures, this paper aims to analyse the role of power relationship and risk-aversion in economic and environmental performance of sustainable supply chain. Three game theory models, including the manufacturer Stackelberg (MS) model, retailer Stackelberg (RS) model, and vertical Nash (VN) model, are developed to study the pricing and greenness level decisions in a two-echelon sustainable supply chain, where one risk-averse manufacturer sells green products through one risk-averse retailer. This paper shows that when selling through a more risk-averse retailer, the risk-averse manufacturer prefers to provide a product with a higher level of greenness and achieve a greater utility regardless of the power structure. A manufacturer as a follower may have stronger motivation to increase the product’s level of greenness than one in a more balanced supply chain when the green technology investment coefficient is sufficiently low. With regard to the power structure, the channel leadership is not necessary to for the manufacturer to achieve higher utility, which depends on the green technology investment coefficient, greenness level sensitivity, and players’ risk aversion.

scholarly journals Research on Green Modular Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Lu Zhongmei ◽  
Huang Yu-Che ◽  
Bangjun Cui ◽  
Hsiao Ko-Jou
Keyword(s):  
Modular Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Average Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Green Product Design ◽  
Relative Concept

The so-called “green” product is a relative concept. Because artificial products will more or less consume resources and energy and affect the environment. If a product can be thought of in the “earth way” at the beginning of design, including products and services, it has a lower impact on the environment than the traditional method in the past to achieve the goal of sustainable use. Be green products and the modular design in the green product design method, in addition to extending the life of parts, if its main parts can have a longer life, other components can be modularized according to their average life. Make the parts in each module have the same life, make the best use of them when replacing, and can replace and repair some parts after damage, reduce waste of resources and cost, and achieve the purpose of green design. This study only discusses the modular design for the environment, and discusses the feasible design schemes of its modular design from the green assembly and disassembly methods in its modular design, and then builds the green modular design assembly with case studies and disassembly design principles, and a set of green design assembly and disassembly evaluation benchmarks. According to this method, the best green modularization feasible design scheme of this case is designed.

The Application Research of the Traditional Materials Based on the Green Design of Products

2013 ◽  
Vol 706-708 ◽  
pp. 2133-2136
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Hong Luo ◽  
Zhen Bo Qu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Application Research ◽  
Green Products ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Foreign Products ◽  
Green Product Design

The environment has been heavily polluted by various industrial productions. People began to realize the importance of protecting the environment. Therefore, the Green Design has become the theme of today's design. Traditional materials fit the theme of environmental protection because of their own properties. Due to the specific properties of traditional materials, they are used in todays products so the green product design begin to take on a new vitality. The paper investigated the green products using traditional materials, including domestic and foreign products. The aim of this subject is to explore the possible of the traditional materials and development trends in green product design, and propose a method that can creatively use the traditional materials to design a product which is humane and friendly to environment.

scholarly journals Optimal Pricing and Green Product Design Strategies in a Sustainable Supply Chain Considering Government Subsidy and Different Channel Power Structures

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12446
Author(s):  
Kelei Xue ◽  
Guohua Sun ◽  
Yuyan Wang ◽  
Shuiye Niu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Government Subsidy ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Green Product Design

Green product design is a vital measure to support sustainable development in a circular economy era. This paper studies the multi-product pricing and green product design strategies under different supply chain structures and government subsidy strategies. Considering different channel leadership, we establish the centralized (C), manufacturer-led (MS), and retailer-led (RS) supply chain models, respectively. By applying a game-theoretical approach, corresponding equilibrium pricing, green product design, and government subsidy decisions under different supply chain structures are obtained. Through comparison and numerical analysis, we find that: (1) the different subsidy strategies of the government have an important impact on green product development. When the government provides a uniform subsidy strategy, a RS supply chain can bring greener product, more market demands, more profit, and more social welfare; (2) when the government provides a differentiated subsidy strategy, MS and RS supply chain structures can bring greener product and more market demand than the centralized supply chain. They can also bring the same social welfare and the same product to the green design level. However, the MS supply chain structure can bring more profit for the firm; (3) the consumers’ green awareness positively impacts the design and development of green product. Therefore, it is beneficial for the firm to adopt reasonable measures to boost the environmental awareness of consumers in order to realize the sustainable development of our society.

DSM-Based Product Representation for Retirement Process-Based Modularity

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxia Lai ◽  
John K. Gershenson
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Modular Architecture ◽  
Product Representation ◽  
Modular Product ◽  
Product Modularity

Researchers have expanded the definition of product modularity from function-based modularity to life-cycle process-based modularity. In parallel, measures of product modularity have been developed as well as corresponding modular product design methods. However, a correct modularity measure and modular design method are not enough to realize modular product design. To apply the measure and design method correctly, product representation becomes an important aspect of modular design and imperative for realizing the promised cost savings of modularity. In this paper, a representation for retirement process-based modular design has been developed. Built upon previous representations for assembly and manufacturing-based product design, the representation includes a process similarity matrix and a process dependency matrix. The retirement process-based similarity is based on the similarity in components’ post-life intents (recycling, reuse, disposal), and either the degree of their material compatibility if the components will be recycled, or their disassembly direction or disassembly tools if they need to be disassembled from each other for retirement. Process similarity within a module leads to increased process efficiency (the elimination of non-value added tasks) from the sharing of tooling/equipment. Retirement process-based dependency is developed based on disassembly difficulty, one aspect of the physical interactions between components. Retiring components together as a module to eliminate disassembly and differential processing and reducing the disassembly difficulty between the modules can increase the efficiency of the retirement process. We have first presented which process elements we should consider for defining retirement process similarity and dependency, and then constructed the respective similarity and dependency factors tables. These tables include similarity and dependency factors, which, along with their quantifications, are used to determine a product’s modular architecture to facilitate the retirement process. Finally, a fishing reel is used to illustrate how to apply these factors tables to generate the similarity and dependency matrices that represent a product for retirement-process based modular design. Using these representations as input to the DSM-based modular design methods, we can achieve a design with a modular architecture that improves the retirement process efficiency and reduces retirement costs.

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