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Total quality product design—how to integrate environmental criteria into the product realization process
Author(s) -
Oakley Brian T.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310020312
Subject(s) - business , product (mathematics) , profitability index , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , environmental stewardship , stewardship (theology) , design for the environment , risk analysis (engineering) , competitive advantage , environmental economics , process management , product design , environmental resource management , marketing , computer science , economics , finance , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , politics , political science , law , operating system
Recent case studies on the financial benefits of pollution prevention programs well attest to the notion that a commitment to the environment can help profitability not only by avoiding costs and potential liabilities, but also by generating environmentally‐based opportunities for competitive advantage. Achieving these benefits, however, represents a complex management challenge that requires embedding environmental concerns in the day‐to‐day decisions and actions of a company'S employees. This article shows how the marriage of corporate environmental stewardship and TQM, better known as TQEM, is particularly well suited to the area of product design and why environmental health and safety experts can improve a product'S environmental performance.