Title :
Systematic environmental assessment: a decision methodology for strategic environmental issues
Author :
Brinkley, Anne ; Karlsson, Morten ; Kirby, J. Ray ; Pitts, Dewey
Author_Institution :
IBM Eng. Center for Environ. Conscious Products, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
Systematic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a methodology used to investigate and document the known technical, political and environmental issues associated with design options and their potential impacts on IBM business operations. The purpose of this systematic assessment is to facilitate integration of environmental considerations into strategic business decisions. An SEA follows a prescribed process flowchart and generates an ultimate ranking of possible design alternatives based on their environmental preferability. This paper describes the process and elements of a Systematic Environmental Assessment and explains how IBM has benefited from its implementation
Keywords :
environmental factors; product development; IBM business operations; Systematic Environmental Assessment; decision methodology; environmental preferability; political issues; process flowchart; product design; product manufacturing; product procurement; strategic environmental issues; technical issues; Availability; Cost function; Decision making; Design engineering; Flowcharts; Manufacturing processes; Materials reliability; Procurement; Product design; Reliability engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5962-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2000.857645
