Model for Sustainable Product Design Using Modeling, Simulation, and Service

the requirement to develop sustainable product is one of the key challenges of 21 st century. There is an increasing pressure to adopt a more sustainable approach to product design and manufacture. Sustainability in design and manufacturing has a lot to do with ―doing better with less,‖ and embracing a broader view of product development – looking at the full lifecycle of the product and the impact that its design, manufacture, use, and retirement can have across not only on business, but on the environment and society, as well. Organizations that are actively engaged in sustainable product design and development cite impressive levels of improvement over their poorer performing peers in product innovation, quality, safety and revenue growth alongside anticipated environmental and energy gains. Research confirms that embracing sustainability in product design and manufacturing not only yields environmental improvements, but offers key business benefits. In addition, environmental and/or societal benefits must be paired with financial benefits in order to truly succeed. Furthermore, the process of rethinking a product’s design so that it is more durable or more easily recycled; or so that it contains fewer parts, less packaging or more recycled content – also drives innovation and quality improvement. This paper describes a new model that identifies sustainability related performance measures for products in terms of 1. Sustainable product design by robust design 2. Sustainable design by quality of service. The paper describes items 1 and 2 in detail. To support the theory of sustainable product design by robust design techniques (item 1), a case study on a laser based measuring instrument is considered. To support the theory of sustainable design by quality of service and maintenance (item 2), case study examines the situations in elevator service and recommends a new procedure based on Elevator Condition Index.