This paper compares and contrasts the lean product development (LPD) and green product
development (GPD) concepts through a systematic literature review including 102 journal …

The emerging paradigm of agent-based computation has revolutionized the building of
intelligent and decentralized systems. The new technologies met well the requirements in all …

Collaborative engineering is the practical application of collaboration sciences to the
engineering domain. In today's highly connected technology-driven economy, the …

Life cycle engineering (LCE) is a key concept for promoting environmentally sustainable
practices among manufacturing firms. A major hurdle in the implementation of LCE is the …

This paper introduces a model to integrate the traditional requirements process into
Axiomatic Design Theory and proposes a method to structure the requirements process. The …

Remanufacturing and reuse processes are very promising strategies in a sustainable world,
due to their profitable and greening properties. They provide manufacturers with an efficient …

The choice of an appropriate end-of-life (EOL) destination for discarded products is
becoming an important issue for most manufactured products, given the current problems of …

The selection of the most appropriated technological solution to produce a certain mould
able to competitively produce parts in polymeric materials is a multi-disciplinary activity …

To help engineering designers understand and translate environmental constraints into
effective actions, new methods and tools for engineering have to be developed and used at …

In order to reach to an energy-saving product design, this paper presents a mathematic
energy model to calculate the total energy consumption within entire product lifecycle …