APMS 2009: Advances in Production Management Systems. New Challenges, New Approaches pp 152-159 | Cite as
From Product End-of-Life Sustainable Considerations to Design Management
Abstract
Better understanding of the current product End-of-life sustainable practices leads to important feedback for the design of more “sustainable” so called eco-products, by identifying the design improvements that reduce the impact of manufactured goods on the environment and society. In this paper, we propose a way to assess the impact on product design that ultimately helps on deciding the product characteristics required for a desired End-of-life (EOL) practice (i.e. reuse, recycle, remanufacture, etc). Categories and criticality scales of impacts of these practices on the product design stages are proposed. Then, a framework is proposed to provide designers with guidance on how to proceed towards taking into account the impact of the sustainable requirements.
Keywords
Product End of Life Product Design Sustainable DevelopmentReferences
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