Technology and manufacturing process selection : the product life cycle perspective / Elsa Henriques, Paulo Pecas, Arlindo Silva, editors

Includes bibliographical references and index

Product architecture decision under lifecycle uncertainty consideration : a case study in providing real-time support to automotive battery system architecture design -- Consideration of legacy structures enabling a double helix development of production systems and products -- Six sigma life cycle -- On the influence of material selection decisions on second order cost factors -- Aircraft industrialization process : a systematic and holistic approach to ensuring integrated management of the engineering process -- Material flow cost accounting : a tool for designing economically and ecologically sustainable production processes -- Life cycle based evaluation and interpretation of technology chains in manufacturing -- Selecting manufacturing process chains in the early stage of the product engineering process with focus on energy consumption -- Manufacturing with minimal energy consumption : a product perspective -- Integrated framework for life cycle-oriented evaluation of product and process technologies : conceptual design and case study -- Life cycle engineering framework for technology and manufacturing processes evaluation -- Proposal for an architectural solution for economic and environmental global eco-cost assessment : model combination analysis -- The ecodesign of complex electromechanical systems : prioritizing and balancing performance fields, contributors and solutions -- Composite fiber recovery : integration into a design for recycling approach -- Design for disassembly approach to analyze and manage end-of-life options for industrial products in the early design phase