Over the years a wide range of techniques have been developed to evaluate the
environmental performance of products. However, they all consider the environmental …

In this paper, a survey concerning the knowledge and use of robust design methodology in
87 Swedish manufacturing companies is presented. The results show that only 28% of the …

Oliver Tietze untersucht, welche wettbewerbsstrategisch relevanten Kompetenzen
Unternehmen in der Automobilentwicklung neu aufbauen bzw. in welcher Richtung …

As in the car industry for quite some time, dynamic simulation of complete vehicles is being
practiced more and more in the development of off-road machinery. However, specific …

Design and ecology are critical issues in the industrial sector. Products are subject to
constant review and optimization for survival in the market, and limited by their impact on the …

The paper presents a discussion on the need for support tools for integrating environmental
aspects into product development. There are several objections towards applying such a …

The paper is based on twenty-eight interviews in four Swedish companies–three of which
consider themselves as the best practitioners in Evironmentally Conscious Design (ECD) …

This paper reports findings from the application of a new method, denoted the Interface
Management Method (IMM), for managing uncertainty, complexity and dispersion in product …

The article describes a hierarchical decision making framework for the evaluation and
improvement/redesign of composite systems. The framework is based on Hierarchical …

The journey of being a doctoral student, who finally hands in the thesis, is an amazing
experience. Not only have I been able to really study a phenomenon that fascinates me, but …