Reducing supply chain costs and carbon footprint during product design

Author

Chiu, Ming-Chuan ; Alsaffar, Ahmed J. ; Okudan, Gül E. ; Haapala, Karl R.

Author_Institution

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

17-19 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Manufacturing companies continue to struggle with simultaneously assessing and reducing supply chain costs and carbon footprint early in the design process as consumers demand more sustainable products. An integrated product design-supply chain design approach is explored and applied to bicycle design. It is shown that the approach can successfully inform decision-makers on the consequences of their choices even when component alternatives are similar.

Keywords

air pollution control; cost reduction; product design; supply chain management; sustainable development; bicycle design; carbon footprint reduction; decision-makers; manufacturing companies; product design-supply chain design; supply chain cost reduction; sustainable products; Assembly; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Design for manufacture; Manufactured products; Manufacturing; Product design; Product development; Production; Supply chains; Manufacturing; Product Development; Supply Chain; Sustainability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7094-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507711

Filename

5507711