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Elements of effective DFE program management and product stewardship
Author(s) -
Veroutis Agis D.,
Fava James A.
Publication year - 1997
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.3310070106
Subject(s) - design for the environment , product lifecycle , product (mathematics) , new product development , design review (u.s. government) , process management , stewardship (theology) , concurrent engineering , product design , risk analysis (engineering) , product design specification , product management , engineering , sustainable development , product engineering , systems engineering , computer science , business , operations management , product testing , marketing , scheduling (production processes) , geometry , mathematics , politics , political science , law
Design for the Environment (DFE) is a systems‐oriented approach for designing more ecologically and economically sustainable product systems. It couples the product development cycle used in business with the physical life‐cycle of a product. DFE integrates environmental requirements into the earliest stages of design so total impacts caused by product systems can be reduced. With DFE practices, environmental, performance, cost, cultural, and legal requirements are balanced. Concepts such as concurrent design, total quality management, cross‐disciplinary teams, and multiattribute decision making are essential elements of DFE. 1 In this article, the authors show how these DFE initiatives can provide the design and product development teams with the training, information, decision support tools, and procedures that ensure improved product development decisions and environmental performance.