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Increasing pressure of producing environmentally friendly products and services has forced companies to adopt ecodesign practices in their production process, especially in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). These practices help the designers to mitigate the environmental issues such as climate change and depleting natural resources by designing sustainable products. There are certain enablers that need to be realized by companies for effective implementation of eco-friendly practices. The main focus of this research is to identify and evaluate the key enablers for sustainable product development. A Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach is used in this study to evaluate the identified enablers. A case study based on an Indian manufacturing MSME is carried out to present the real-life applicability of the proposed study. The findings of this study show that training of designers to use various available ecodesign methods and tools is the most important enabler that can have a significant effect in the implementation of ecodesign practices for sustainable product development.
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Kumar, S.P., Prabir, S. (2020). A DEMATEL Approach to Evaluate the Enablers for Effective Implementation of Ecodesign in Sustainable Product Development: A Case of MSMEs. In: Deepak, B., Parhi, D., Jena, P. (eds) Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2696-1_12
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