Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6868035 | Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Consumers, industry, and government entities are becoming increasingly concerned about the issue of global warming. With this in mind, manufacturers have begun to develop products with consideration of low-carbon. In recent years, many companies are utilizing product families to satisfy various customer needs with lower costs. However, little research has been conducted on the development of a product family that considers environmental factors. In this paper, a low-carbon product family design that integrates environmental concerns is proposed. To this end, a new method of platform planning is investigated with considerations of cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of a product family simultaneously. In this research, a low-carbon product family design problem is described at first, and then a GHG emission model of product family is established. Furthermore, to support low-carbon product family design, an optimization method is applied to make a significant trade-off between cost and GHG emission to implement a feasible platform planning. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated through a case study.
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Authors
Qi Wang, Dunbing Tang, Leilei Yin, Miguel A. Salido, Adriana Giret, Yuchun Xu,