In order to increase their competitiveness, companies need have five important capabilities in the product development process, namely, ability identify customer and environmental requirements, convert them into technical create innovative designs, determine best improvement alternatives. Based on a literature survey, previous studies are still inadequate incorporating these simultaneously effe...

As our society gets more environmentally conscious, manufacturers must incorporate “environmental qualities” into products. This paper proposes a general design methodology to support effectively environmentally consciousness design of products. The methodology employs three tools; LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), QFDE (Quality Function Deployment for Environment), and TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Pro...

Technology forecasting is a powerful weapon for many enterprises to gain an animate future. Evolutionary potential radar plot is a necessary step of some valuable methods to help the technology managers with right technical strategy. A software system for Technology Evolution Potential Forecasting (TEPF) with automatic radar plot drawing is introduced in this paper. The framework of the system ...

One of the most important tasks in robust design is to select an appropriate system output response in the study. The quality of this selection will greatly affect the effectiveness of the robust design project. Currently, this selection process is more like art than science. By using TRIZ and Axiomatic Design principle, several new approaches to enhance robust design are developed. These appro...

Customer feedback is used to understand customer requirements. Early design phases require the consideration of items including manufacturing, the environment, and sustainability management. Therefore, it is crucial that eco-efficiency is taken into account in the early design phases. Traditionally, eco-efficiency is considered only in terms of eco-design issues, not customer requirements based...

This paper presents a set of six principles of facilities management (FM) with supporting discussion through selected case studies to justify these principles, which were put forward through a rigorous quantitative analysis through a TRIZ process underpinned by extensive literature review into industry standards, professional guidance and best practice relating to FM. The six principles covers ...

The Japanese automobile industry has been hit sharply by the economic downturn of recent decades. The rise in costs and decline in sales have led to serious problems in the auto industry. In order to address these issues, most companies engage in downsizing and redesigning production operations. It is crucial to investigate the time wasted by replacing assembly boards occurring in manufacturing...