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Environmental Knowledge-Sharing in Manufacturing
Environmental Knowledge-Sharing in Manufacturing
Pages 95-104
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THE GATE CONCEPT IN MANUFACTURING Modern industrial managers wish to stimulate their design and development staffs to generate numerous ideas for new products, in the hope that a few really successful products will result. However, carrying every product idea through from concept to manufacture is too expensive to be feasible, so a structured process, the "product realization process (PRP)
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The goal of the review process is to let promising products move quickly to manufacture but to close gates early on projects that will consume investment dollars without the probability of substantial financial return. PRP gate reviews often omit considerations of environmental issues, largely because tools have not been formalized for bringing such information into the process.
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Lists of inviolates include materials, processes, or practices that are illegal or that might involve potential liabilities which a corporation would rather not assume, even if current regulations are not an issue. Gate 2: From Preliminary Design to Mature Design The initial or concept stage of product development typically involves a small group of people and the only expense is their time.
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Recyclability Packaging Gate 5 Marketing Key manufacturing processes (with technology and chemicals) Principal manufacturing processes (with technology and chemicals)
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Gate 3: From Mature Design to Development At Gate 3 the design team presents detailed information on the product design and moderately detailed information on the associated manufacturing processes. At this stage the product can undergo a reasonably thorough environmental review.
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SOURCE: Adapted from Steinhilper, 1996. In such an assessment, the entire range of potential environmental impacts is evaluated for each product life stage Remanufacture, manufacture, product delivery, product use, and end of life.
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The business questions involve a review of the degree to which the product manufacturing meets expectations and the ways in which the marketing campaign should move forward. From an environmental standpoint, questions asked at Gate 5 concern whether environmental issues have been properly reviewed at previous gates, whether the product delivery and marketing activities will meet environmental goals, and whether provisions need to be made for end-of-life activities, such as product takeback or battery recycling.
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1995. Product Development and Launch Process Leader's Guide.
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