Abstract
In this paper, we present the impact of concurrent engineering strategies, methods, and tools on product sustainability. Concurrent engineering can be used to achieve the primary goals of a product realization project: lower costs, shorter times, high quality, and increasing value. Currently, it is important that new products also meet product sustainability goals, such as economic, environmental, and social goals. The sustainability of a product can be influenced the most in the early stages of product development, so in this paper, we present a customized quality function deployment (QFD) method called the house of sustainability, which translates sustainability requirements into technical solutions for a product. A seven-step process for implementing a sustainable product realization project is also proposed, in which the house of sustainability is one of the most important tools. The proposed process is illustrated with an example of a concurrent product realization project in engineering to order production.
Highlights
Implementing ConcurrentSustainability has lately become one of the key features of new products
The characteristics of the product and its sustainability can be influenced the most in the early stages of its development, so in this paper, we propose a customized Quality function deployment (QFD) method that can link product sustainability requirements with technical solutions in product realization
The product life cycle management matrix, or the house of sustainability, which represents a QFD custom-tailored to sustainability requirements, was used to obtain an assessment of the technical solutions that could be used to minimize the environmental, ecological, and financial impacts associated with the runner in its life cycle
Summary
Implementing ConcurrentSustainability has lately become one of the key features of new products. Sustainability means that the product fulfills its basic purpose, i.e., technical function, but that the product’s properties, in terms of social (including political), environmental, and economic dimensions, are important as well [1,2]. We can buy a cheap product in a store or online, e.g., a household appliance, the service life of which is relatively short due to low quality and cheap integrated materials; that product is discarded because the cost of its decomposition would be too high in relation to its price For this reason, many products are discarded on a daily basis, which has at least two detrimental impacts: (1) natural resources were used to manufacture the product, and (2) the product was discarded, and the environment burdened
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