{"title":"Life cycle planning methods for environmentally conscious products","authors":"H. Kobayashi, N. Fushiya","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765854","url":null,"abstract":"It is crucial to take environmental aspects into account in the early design phases. The purpose of life cycle planning (LCP) is to establish the eco-specification and eco-design concept in the early design phases. This paper presents the classification of various LCP approaches based on two classification axes; the planning scope and the research perspective. A novel concept for an environmentally conscious businesses (ECB) was established in the field of personal computers (PCs) as an example of a practical innovative LCP approach. As a result, it was found that the planning scope was a suitable classification axis. The proposed classification is considered to be useful for developing appropriate LCP methods and tools.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129299683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information technology and product lifecycle management","authors":"V. Thomas, W. Neckel, S. Wagner","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765848","url":null,"abstract":"Information technology has the potential to address two key difficulties of product lifecycle management: product information loss and secondary market transaction costs. Applicable technologies include bar-code systems, radio-frequency identification (RFID), Internet-based secondary markets, and smart chips. In addition to enhancing manufacturers' product stewardship programs, product management systems could benefit consumers by maintaining product value and making re-sale easier. The concept of product self-management, in which a product manages its own transition into re-use or re-cycle markets, provides a new aspect for sustainable product design. Existing applications are discussed, including on-line secondary markets, RFID, and scanners for home use. The development of product self-management through links between web-based transaction systems and product-embedded information systems, such as bar codes, RFID, and smart chips, is explored.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125835964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of snap-fit fasteners in the multi-life-cycle design of products","authors":"R. Sodhi, M. Sonnenberg, S. Das","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765869","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and the use of snap-fit fasteners for the multi-life-cycle design of products. The advantages, drawbacks and general design considerations on snap-fits are listed. The paper emphasizes that unlike the design and use of conventional fasteners, every snap-fit used in a product must be designed from scratch. Issues of material strength, fastener geometry, part stiffness, attachment strategy and manufacturability are addressed. This paper also presents the use of compliant mechanisms i.e., design for disassembly in designing a new single piece snap fit fastener, which might be injection molded as a one-piece flexible structure. The conceptual design of a new snap-fit fastener which can be disassembled by using a simple tool is presented.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124187910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determining end-of-life strategies as a part of product definition","authors":"C. Rose, K. Beiter, K. Ishii","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765879","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an approach for determining feasible end-of-life strategies from significant product characteristics. Previous surveys of a broad range of products led to a classification scheme that helps designers incorporate suitable end-of-life strategies in their product definition. The development of the end-of-life categorization results from statistical analysis applied to twelve characteristics across twenty products from the electronics and appliances industries. Further, the paper describes in detail the development of a Web-based application, End-of-Life Design Advisor (ELDA). ELDA guides designers, recycling technology developers and policy makers to specify end-of-life strategies and improve decisions related to end-of-life strategies.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130979334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental quality, environmental management systems and environmental performance related to procured printed circuit boards of an original equipment manufacturer","authors":"M. Nagel","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765898","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the concept of environmental quality related to the supply line of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Such a concept should be made specific, measurable, applicable, consistent and traceable (SMACT). In this scope, the use of an environmental management system (EMS) is discussed and the concept of environmental performance is determined by research in a printed circuit board production facility. Environmental performance is determined using seven environmental indicators relating to material use, use of aiding compounds, water use, energy use, emissions, waste and packing material. Environmental performance can be embedded in the facility's EMS from a continual improvement perspective, and in the supply line from a benchmarking principle.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117185547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Active disassembly using shape memory polymers for the mobile phone industry","authors":"J. Chiodo, E. Billett, D. Harrison","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765867","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports results the application of shape memory polymer (SMP) technology to the active disassembly of modern mobile phones. The smart material SMP of polyurethane (PU) composition was employed. Two different types of SMP fasteners were created for these experiments. With these smart material devices, it is possible for products to disassemble themselves at specific triggering temperatures at EoL. The two designs were compared for disassembly effectiveness. The disassembly technique is termed active disassembly using smart materials (ADSM), and has been successfully demonstrated on a variety of mobile phones. Whilst developed primarily as a universal disassembly technique, cost effectiveness and time performance is apparent. Heat sources of +90, +100 and a range of +67 to +120/spl deg/C were employed to raise the releasable fasteners above their trigger temperatures: in the case of SMP this would be the glass transition temperature (Tg). The development of releasable fasteners and applications in electronic products is described.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"328 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115657490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using a streamlined life-cycle analysis matrix to structure a design for the environment program for a complex defense system","authors":"L. Thomas, L. Weinberg","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765861","url":null,"abstract":"Global warming, depletion of stratospheric ozone, acid rain, loss of species diversity, and other environmental impacts can be traced, at least in part, to man's industrial activities. Resulting business and social pressures have caused the design and engineering communities to begin systematically integrating environmental issues into the design process; an activity referred to as design for the environment (DfE). Environmental life-cycle analysis (LCA) matrices may be used as a template for establishing a DfE framework that can be tailored to a specific program or project and can be applied to processes, products or facilities. By using a team-based approach to identify significant environmental aspects, the design personnel are in a position to build checklists, guidelines and other DfE tools based on a life-cycle analysis. The matrix approach can be used to support the environmental aspects analysis of ISO 14001.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115065796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Product benchmarking using DFE analysis tools","authors":"W. Knight","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765855","url":null,"abstract":"Product benchmarking is carried out in industry as a means of comparing products with those of competing companies and as a means of gauging improvements in new designs. Design decision support tools, such as those for QFD, FMEA and DFMA, are often used for generating comparative data for benchmarking purposes. The availability of analysis tools for design for environment (DFE) enables environmental and disassembly measures to be included in product benchmarking studies. The application of a specific DFE tool to benchmarking is discussed and results for some selected products are presented.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123464200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life-cycle design practices at three multinational companies","authors":"K. Shapiro, A. White","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765859","url":null,"abstract":"Life-cycle design (LCD), the application of life-cycle concepts to the design phase of product development, is emerging as a valuable tool for incorporating environmental impacts and trade-offs as a criterion in product/process design. Because LCD is used as an internal decision-support tool and customized to meet firm-specific needs, its strengths, successes, and limitations remain largely undocumented. An examination of LCD practices at three firms-IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Armstrong World Industries-provides insights into how these methods evolve as well as a glimpse into the dynamics of organizational innovation in relation to corporate environmental management. Four ingredients are essential to initiating or sustaining a successful LCD program: (1) a pragmatic, flexible approach that avoids \"analysis paralysis;\" (2) program buy-in from multiple levels in the company; (3) supplier involvement to inform material and/or process decisions; and (4) including staff from various business functions to ensure that LCD is not merely another environmental initiative.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123593782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-lifecycle product and process development: selection of optimal production, usage, and recovery processes","authors":"Pingtao Yan, Mengchu Zhou, Donald H. Sebastian","doi":"10.1109/ISEE.1999.765889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.1999.765889","url":null,"abstract":"Our previous work introduced an integrated product and process development (IPPD) methodology. Different product development issues such as cost, benefit, and environmental impact are formally described as constrained optimization problems that are solved using a life locus tree. This paper proposes to integrate the concept of eco-compass into the methodology. Environmental impact is evaluated using six indices: mass intensity, energy intensity, health and environmental potential risk, revalorization, resource conservation, and service extension. Together with cost and benefit, an index vector of eight indices is set up to evaluate the performance of processes, life phases, and a product's different life loci. Finally as an example, we consider the development of a business telephone. By applying the proposed approach and eco-compass LCA data provided by NJIT's LCA research group, we can select the optimal telephone design and its associated production, usage, and recovery processes.","PeriodicalId":360946,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Cat. No.99CH36357)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125939824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}