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    Integration of Green Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Utility Theory-Based Cost Estimation for Environmentally Conscious Product Development

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    Authors
    Dong, Chensong
    Zhang, C.
    Wang, B.
    Date
    2003
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Dong, Chensong and Zhang, Chuck and Wang, Ben. 2003. Integration of Green Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Utility Theory-Based Cost Estimation for Environmentally Conscious Product Development. International Journal of Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing. 11 (1): pp. 12-28.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
    Faculty
    School of Engineering
    Faculty of Science and Engineering
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11730
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    There are increasing global demands for environmental friendly products. Green Quality Function Deployment - III (GQFD - III) is an innovative tool aiding in the development of environmentally conscious products and processes. An improved version of GQFD - III, Green Quality Function Deployment - IV (GQFD - IV) has been developed in this study. Its improvement over GQFD - III is that the life cycle cost is estimated using the Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (FMAUT) method. FMAUT costing is an excellent cost estimation method at the early design stage in product development. It is more effective than other traditional methods because it does not require detailed data on manufacturing processes of the product and it can handle attributes with uncertainty and incompleteness in nature. In a case study, life cycle costs of coffeemakers were estimated with errors of less than 7% using this new cost estimation model. In GQFD - IV, with the considerations of quality, environment and cost, analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is used for product concept selection and is found to be effective.

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