Further Developments of the Financially-ESG Sustainable Growth Matrix

Bellandi (20212022) has developed a matrix to assess the consistency between sustainable financial growth and sustainable ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance, hereafter ESG) growth, and how this may impact shareholders versus other stakeholders. This article further builds on that matrix, to link the product life cycle approach and the BCG matrix to the sales growth axis of the matrix and determine both the actual revenue growth and the financially sustainable revenue growth associated to each stage of a product life cycle and each quadrant of the BCG matrix. The article also illustrates how the Life Cycle Assessment methodology can be linked to the product life cycle model, and better quantify the ESG impact of each product life cycle stage on the ESG axis of the financially-ESG sustainable growth matrix. The article shows how the reading of both product life cycle and BCG matrix can be expanded from a proprietory (shareholders) to a societal (other stakeholders) perspective. This opens a new direction of research to evidence alternative ESG improvements in each stage of the life cycle model that may make a product more ESG compliant, therefore suggesting strategies to improve the ESG rating of a business or a company. This article is also a methodological step forward to create an index of ESG sustainable growth, which is currently missing.

Perancangan Personal Branding Michael Aldi untuk Berkontribusi dalam Menghadapi College Depression pada Mahasiswa

College depression merupakan depresi yang dialami oleh banyak mahasiswa dikarenakan perasaan tertekan dari bertambahnya tanggung jawab serta gaya hidup yang tidak sehat. Maka dari itu mahasiswa membutuhkan sebuah sosok atau media yang dekat dan dapat menghibur mereka, yaitu musik. Musik menjadi media yang praktis dan dapat dilakukan bersamaan disaat mereka menyelesaikan tanggung jawab mereka. Michael Aldi merupakan musisi baru dan dekat dengan mahasiswa. Michael Aldi menginginkan musiknya dapat memberikan dampak positif dan membantu pendengarnya, namun musik Michael Aldi belum tersampaikan kepada target dengan tepat karena belum memiliki Brand Identity yang jelas. Lewat perancangan dengan menggunakan metode analisis SWOT dan Product Life Cycle dapat menghasilkan personal brand serta konten media yang dapat meningkatkan awareness dan mengurangi tekanan college depression pada mahasiswa. Hasil dari perancangan menunjukan bahwa perasaan sendiri dapat menimbulkan banyak dampak buruk bagi mahasiswa yang sedang mengalami tekanan sehingga besar peran sosok teman dalam kehidupan mahasiswa, seseorang teman yang dapat mengerti memahami yang mereka rasakan sehingga mereka merasa tidak sendiri serta dapat menghibur untuk mengurangi tekanan mereka.

Alloy information helps prioritize material criticality lists

Materials scientists employ metals and alloys that involve most of the periodic table. Nonetheless, materials scientists rarely take material criticality and reuse potential into account. In this work, we expand upon lists of “critical materials” generated by national and regional governments by showing that many materials are employed predominantly as alloying elements, which can be a deterrent to recovery and reuse at end of product life and, likely as a consequence, have low functional end-of-life recycling rates, among other problematic characteristics. We thereby single out six metals for enhanced concern: dysprosium, samarium, vanadium, niobium, tellurium, and gallium. From that perspective, the use of critical metals in low concentrations in alloys unlikely to be routinely recycled should be avoided if possible. If not, provision should be made for better identification and more efficient recycling so that materials designated as critical can have increased potential for more than a single functional use.

Developing a System Dynamic Model for Product Life Cycle Management of Generic Pharmaceutical Products: Its Relation with Open Innovation

The purpose of this study is to identify elements that influence the sale of generic pharmaceutical products during their life cycle in order to achieve more comprehensive planning and to prevent a decline stage of the product life cycle (PLC). We used a system dynamic model to identify the behaviors of demand, supply, and competition as three major subsystems of PLC in generic pharmaceutical products. We first investigated the PLC patterns of 527 medicines to identify their “reference mode”, determined the causal loop of the pharmaceuticals phase of PLC based on both an in-depth literature review and experts’ opinions, and finally simulated a quantitative dynamic model based on real-world data between 2012 and 2019 from Iran. Based on the results, “total demand and accurate forecasting”, “marketing efforts”, and “R and D activities of a firm” are the most critical factors involved in the formation of a generic drug PLC. An increase of 20–50% of manufacturers’ marketing and R and D activities can raise sales by more than 50% in the decline stage of the PLC. The product life cycle can give generic manufacturers more insights into the processes leading to declining sales of their products. PLC may help to prevent a product from entering the decline stage even if the total demand for a generic drug is dropping in the market.

Application of AHP in Aerospace Configuration Management

Aerospace products undergo frequent modifications throughout their product life cycle due to changes in requirements, technology, policy or environmental concerns. These modifications/changes are dealt with through configuration management (CM), which is a techno-managerial function. Conflicting interests of teams involved, complexity due to a long product life cycle spanning over years, R&D nature and techno-political compromises often end up in sub-optimal decisions during aerospace product development. In this article, an attempt is made to apply a scientific method to CM decision-making rather than leave it to techno-political compromises. The CM decision-making is modelled as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem and is solved using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). As an example, the CM change proposal on propellant tank material in aerospace is taken up and solved using the model. The authors believe that results of the study will also pave way for substitute development with improved attributes, realized through advances in technologies such as nanotechnology and additive manufacturing, as mentioned in directions for future research.

Chương 5 Thương hiệu và sản phẩm, quy trình phát triển sản phẩm (developing new products and managing the product life cycle)

every product passes through several life-cycle stages, and each stage poses new challenges requiring different marketing strategies and tactics

PRODUCT LIFE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY UNDER RADIATION EXPOSURE

The article proposes a method for calculating and experimental evaluation of the service life of products in the specified radiation conditions of outer space. The described method of estimating the resource of products takes into account the additive nature of ionization and structural effects in the specified radiation conditions of outer space. This method includes experimental and computa-tional stages.

The role of the time-based product life cycle cost technique in managing costs in economic units

The purpose of this study is to direct interest in using the sound methodology in cost management and to choose a more effective approach to managing costs from a series of alternatives in order to obtain more accurate data on the cost of the product. Competition in the market, Clarifying the role of the time-based product life cycle costing technique in providing integrated information on resources and their costs and for each stage of the product life cycle, which would contribute to managing costs throughout the product life cycle. To achieve this goal, the time-based product life cycle costing technique was applied on data obtained from the laboratory records, the research sample, as well as the field experience. The research reached several conclusions, the most important of which is that the failure of traditional cost systems to meet the requirements and objectives of management as they are no longer able to provide accurate data that help the administration in making decisions as a result of changes and developments in the business environment, most notably the intense competition, which resulted in the emergence of modern techniques in the field of management Cost that is able to keep pace with these changes and developments. The most important of which is the time-based product life-cycle cost technique.