Analysis of design tool attributes with regards to sustainability benefits

The trend of global manufacturing competitiveness has shown a significant shift from profit and customer driven business to a more harmonious sustainability paradigm. This new direction, which emphasises the interests of three pillars of sustainability, i.e., social, economic and environment dimensi...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2018-01, Vol.290 (1), p.12064
Main Authors: Zain, S, Ismail, A F, Ahmad, Z, Adesta, E Y T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design analysis
Design optimization
Failure analysis
Failure modes
Literature reviews
Product development
Product life cycle
Quality function deployment
Sustainability
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Summary:The trend of global manufacturing competitiveness has shown a significant shift from profit and customer driven business to a more harmonious sustainability paradigm. This new direction, which emphasises the interests of three pillars of sustainability, i.e., social, economic and environment dimensions, has changed the ways products are designed. As a result, the roles of design tools in the product development stage of manufacturing in adapting to the new strategy are vital and increasingly challenging. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the attributes of design tools with regards to the sustainability perspective. Four well-established design tools are selected, namely Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Failure Mode and Element Analysis (FMEA), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Environment (DfE). By analysing previous studies, the main attributes of each design tool and its benefits with respect to each sustainability dimension throughout four stages of product lifecycle are discussed. From this study, it is learnt that each of the design tools contributes to the three pillars of sustainability either directly or indirectly, but they are unbalanced and not holistic. Therefore, the prospective of improving and optimising the design tools is projected, and the possibility of collaboration between the different tools is discussed.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/290/1/012064