FRET-technical dinosaur or environmental alternative? Application of a life cycle concept in a manufacturing industry

This study takes the conceptual life cycle approach and attempts to apply it within one company to compare the environmental performance of two products which fulfil an identical role - to supply the internal connections in an automotive fusebox. In the introduction of a new concept to a company and its first application to a selected product, it draws a number of conclusions about the design process and discovers if a conceptual analysis proves useful