DocumentCode
3472324
Title
Product development concept with product sustainability
Author
Ishioka, Masaru ; Yasuda, Kazuhiko
Author_Institution
Ind. Syst. Dept., Fukushima Univ., Fukushima, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
2-6 Aug. 2009
Firstpage
1699
Lastpage
1706
Abstract
Traditional customer´s requirements for the new product development are product quality, cost, and delivery. Also, as the product quality, product performance and functions are most important factors for a long time. The new product must satisfy the customer requirements always. Moreover, several emerging new social and market trend such as ecological problems are also satisfied at the same time in the recent product development environment. This paper defines the concept for solving the societal issue such as environmental problems by marketing focused approach. The introduced approach shows the new type of business model to satisfy customer and community. It is emerging subject of the marketing and business field. The three factors are applied to define the strategies for sustainable product development. The factors are: 1. Product performance and function as product innovation, 2. Product attractiveness such as product concept, style, communication system, and/or after-sales service as service innovation, 3. Product competitiveness as value innovation. In this research, first redefine the sustainable product development concept. It is the business sustainable model to satisfy the customer and community issue. The paper defines the several practical methods of sustainable product development by using the three factors.
Keywords
customer satisfaction; innovation management; product development; sustainable development; customer requirements; product attractiveness; product competitiveness; product functions; product innovation; product performance; product quality; product sustainability; service innovation; sustainable product development; Costs; Customer satisfaction; Energy management; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Organizational aspects; Power generation economics; Product development; Symbiosis; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Management of Engineering & Technology, 2009. PICMET 2009. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
978-1-890843-20-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-890843-20-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261968
Filename
5261968
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