Product safety has been a concern in Europe ever since the early 1960s. Despite the long
and relatively stable historical lineage of product safety regulations, new technologies …

Improving product behavioral performance in design process needs an innovative approach
to integrate simultaneously most of the trades (safety, reliability, maintainability, etc.) …

This paper mainly focuses on improving the product performance by taking user factors into
consideration during the engineering design phase. Firstly, the impact of design modification …

This paper examines how contextualised knowledge about safety matters shaped the
performance of machinery manufacturers for three substantive safety outcomes–hazard …

The origin of this book is the compelling evidence that a high proportion of machinery-
related deaths and injuries are attributable to genuine and serious risks originating within …

The aim of this investigation was to setup the procedure to measure the efficiency of market
control activities in the European framework. This was carried out by means of analysing the …

The main requirement established for the development of European Union product safety
directives is to ensure a high level of safety for users. This research aims to analyze whether …

Nowadays systems include more and more components and their variables. The effects of
their changes tend to accumulate and may lead to unacceptable risks. Thus, the objective is …

The Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products (RAPEX) may be considered as a
type of e-service, which combines e-administration, e-education and e-health. The RAPEX …

In order to improve product performance, this paper provides specific guidance for designers
to take product usage information into account in the early design phase. Firstly, the …