Journal
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages 251-266Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.068
Keywords
Sustainability criteria; Sustainable product development; Sustainability integration; Sustainability implementation; Decision support
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- Knowledge Foundation through the Model Driven Development and Decision Support research profile at Blekinge Institute of Technology
- GKN Aerospace Systems, Sweden
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Sustainability criteria used for decision support in the product innovation process and aligned throughout the design process is one key element to efficiently introduce a sustainability perspective early in product development. The aim of this paper is to present an approach for identifying such sustainability criteria and to suggest a process for how these can be developed in any manufacturing company. The sustainability criteria are presented in a set of matrices, separating the criteria into product life-cycle phases and socio-ecological sustainability principles. In addition the paper presents a qualitative measurement scale for the criteria, called a sustainability compliance index that indicates to what degree a product or process concept performs in relation to a sustainable solution. The sustainability criteria were tested in different settings at a case company within the aerospace industry to give a first indication and evaluation of the ability to give guidance and support in bringing in a sustainability perspective when developing, evaluating and selecting different concepts in the early phases of product development. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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