An Evolutionary Game Study on the Sustainable Product Development in Remanufacturing

The remanufacturability of product mainly depends on product design and development strategy. Good design will use environmentally favorable materials and produce products with high remanufacturability. But now, most products are designed without considering the recycling and remanufacturing process. It is necessary to study manufacturers product design behavior to find measures to encourage the adoption of remanufacturing techniques including product design methods, the Finite Element Method of bonded strength, failure mechanism of materials, surface engineering techniques and so on. Sustainable product design and development behavior of manufacturer population in remanufacturing was studied. An evolutionary game model with government subsidies was set up. And the evolutionary stable strategies were analyzed under different ranges of values of relative parameters. The results indicated that government subsidies were essential to make manufacturers develop sustainable product and large subsidies always worked well. Especially the results showed that small subsidies also worked under certain conditions, which including the initial state of manufacturer population and the relationship of government subsidies and manufacturers revenues under different product development strategies.

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Computer aided product design tool for sustainable product development

Computers & Chemical Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.compchemeng.2014.09.009 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 71 ◽

pp. 362-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

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

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Improving sustainability performance in early phases of product design: A checklist for sustainable product development tested in the automotive industry

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.195 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 140 ◽

pp. 1602-1617 ◽

Cited By ~ 75

Author(s):

Josef-Peter Schöggl ◽

Rupert J. Baumgartner ◽

Dietmar Hofer

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Product Design ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Sustainability Performance ◽

Sustainable Product Development ◽

Sustainable Product ◽

Early Phases

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Desirable and Sustainable: Consolidating strategies for developing sustainable products

10.26686/wgtn.17132255.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Kere Wylie

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Business Case ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Equal Importance ◽

Sustainable Product Development ◽

Sustainable Product ◽

Exponential Population Growth ◽

New Generation

<p>Society’s consumption, economic systems, and exponential population growth is creating more material waste than it can process. Mass production plays a large part in this unsustainable material consumption resulting in ecosystems collapsing. This thesis was done in partnership with SUPER Design Studios (SUPER), a registered design company founded by the author. The thesis was started in response to the need for everyone and everything to be waste-free while acknowledging that current sustainable alternatives were not bringing us closer to this goal. The objective of this thesis is to explore and propose a new Sustainable Product Development Strategy (SPDS) to create products that are effortlessly and enjoyably sustainable. The research starts with an analysis of current sustainable product development practices; followed by interviews with sustainability industry experts focusing on the opportunities, barriers and difficulties they find working within the field. The research found that the perceived issues with sustainable products are not inherent in the products but can be attributed to flawed approaches typically used in their development. To address this issue a new SPDS was identified, by combining successful product development strategies. The SPDS encompasses a focus on three key domains. Firstly, the development team needs to be empowered and encouraged in a sustainable mindset. Secondly, the project brief needs to put the customer and environmental needs at equal importance. Thirdly, a business mindset which motivates collaboration with external individuals including stakeholders, customers and other key disciplines, needs to be developed. The SPDS was trialled through validating and conceptualising a sustainable toothbrush product using a hybrid circular economy and subscription business model. This development encompassed strategies that utilised the SPDS methodology including design thinking, competitor analysis, a thematic analysis of secondary research, case studies, tree analysis, expert interviews and customer surveys. Overall a strong case was made for using the SPDS for the development of successful and sustainable products. The sustainable toothbrush concept is presented in the accompanying business case which proposes that SUPER goes ahead with further development and research to create the first of a new generation of sustainable products utilising the SPDS methodology. The hope is that applying the SPDS will create successful sustainable products that outcompete conventional products, leading to industry competitors following suit and in doing so replace the sustainable product industry.</p>

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A Conceptual Taxonomy Study of Sustainable Product Design Processes

Volume 7: Engineering Education and Professional Development ◽

10.1115/imece2009-13088 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Alejandro Flores Caldero´n ◽

Vicente Borja ◽

Marcelo Lo´pez Parra ◽

Alejandro C. Rami´rez Reivich

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Product Development ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Product Design ◽

Sustainable Product Design ◽

Design Processes ◽

Different Types ◽

Sustainable Product Development ◽

Sustainable Product ◽

High Level

The evolution of methods on sustainable product design has been wining a high level of maturity showing the possibility of being applied to different types of products. This paper shows a comparative study of recent sustainable product design approaches. The study was carried out developing a three level taxonomy to compare the approaches: sustainable development, sustainable product development and sustainable product design tasks. The compared approaches were selected because they were considered the most robust and referred in the literature. The study provides designers an overview of the methods, vision, purpose and concepts used by the selected approaches to sustainable product design.

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Systematic Life Cycle Design for Sustainable Product Development

Volume 3a: 8th Design for Manufacturing Conference ◽

10.1115/detc2003/dfm-48141 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. Lu ◽

P. Gu

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Product Design ◽

Process Model ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Design Stage ◽

Economic Evaluations ◽

Business Goals ◽

Sustainable Product Development ◽

Design Process Model ◽

Sustainable Product

Sustainable product development (SPD) requires that product design achieves minimum or zero environmental impact, in addition to satisfying the traditional design criteria such as product functionality, quality, features, costs and time to market. Therefore, the environmental evaluations must be incorporated into design stage. In this research, a product design process model was proposed which includes three design requirements, two design tasks, and three comprehensive assessment streams. The functional requirement is derived from the customer needs to reflect the product’s functional purpose; the environmental requirement reflects the society’s needs of protecting natural resources and environment; and the economic requirement is to ensure the company’s basic business goals. Accordingly, SPD aims to simultaneously carry out two tasks of designing products’ physical structures and lifecycle structures. In the assessment phase of product design, three assessment streams, lifecycle quality (LCQ) analysis, lifecycle assessment (LCA), and lifecycle cost (LCC) are conducted with respect to the functional, environmental, and economic evaluations. A Process-Based Analysis concept is proposed for analysis of all three dimensions of LCQ, LCA, and LCC evaluations. Simplified LCA was used for environmental evaluations. The detailed assessment techniques are also developed for effective design evaluations. A case study will be provided to illustrate the methods and models.

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Desirable and Sustainable: Consolidating strategies for developing sustainable products

10.26686/wgtn.17132255 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Kere Wylie

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Business Case ◽

Sustainable Products ◽

Equal Importance ◽

Sustainable Product Development ◽

Sustainable Product ◽

Exponential Population Growth ◽

New Generation

<p>Society’s consumption, economic systems, and exponential population growth is creating more material waste than it can process. Mass production plays a large part in this unsustainable material consumption resulting in ecosystems collapsing. This thesis was done in partnership with SUPER Design Studios (SUPER), a registered design company founded by the author. The thesis was started in response to the need for everyone and everything to be waste-free while acknowledging that current sustainable alternatives were not bringing us closer to this goal. The objective of this thesis is to explore and propose a new Sustainable Product Development Strategy (SPDS) to create products that are effortlessly and enjoyably sustainable. The research starts with an analysis of current sustainable product development practices; followed by interviews with sustainability industry experts focusing on the opportunities, barriers and difficulties they find working within the field. The research found that the perceived issues with sustainable products are not inherent in the products but can be attributed to flawed approaches typically used in their development. To address this issue a new SPDS was identified, by combining successful product development strategies. The SPDS encompasses a focus on three key domains. Firstly, the development team needs to be empowered and encouraged in a sustainable mindset. Secondly, the project brief needs to put the customer and environmental needs at equal importance. Thirdly, a business mindset which motivates collaboration with external individuals including stakeholders, customers and other key disciplines, needs to be developed. The SPDS was trialled through validating and conceptualising a sustainable toothbrush product using a hybrid circular economy and subscription business model. This development encompassed strategies that utilised the SPDS methodology including design thinking, competitor analysis, a thematic analysis of secondary research, case studies, tree analysis, expert interviews and customer surveys. Overall a strong case was made for using the SPDS for the development of successful and sustainable products. The sustainable toothbrush concept is presented in the accompanying business case which proposes that SUPER goes ahead with further development and research to create the first of a new generation of sustainable products utilising the SPDS methodology. The hope is that applying the SPDS will create successful sustainable products that outcompete conventional products, leading to industry competitors following suit and in doing so replace the sustainable product industry.</p>

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052484 ◽

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.

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