Product life cycle information acquisition and management for consumer products
Date
2007-01-01Description
An output from EU Framework funded Environmental Lifecycle Information Management and Acquisition (ELIMA) collaborative research project (GRD2-2000-30097). ELIMA resulted from “Life Cycle Data Acquisition Methods and Devices for Consumer Products and Machines (Whitebox)”. EPSRC Design for Whole Life Cycle Programme, Grant GR/L74392 (Assessed as top-rated Alpha 5 for research outcome and excellent management and use of resources). Prototype product service systems were piloted in multi-country field trials (Indesit/Hotpoint refrigeration products - tim.cock@indesitcompany.com) and SONY PlayStation consoles -bodenhoefer@sony.de), designed and implemented with the framework and tools described. Partners also included Motorola, Cybernetix, SAT and Sheffield Hallam. Total project value was €3.9M.
Citation : Yang, X. et. al. (2007) Product Life Cycle Information Acquisition and Management for Consumer Products. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 107(7), pp. 936-953.
ISSN : 0263-5577
Research Group : Mechatronics Research