Collaborative Product and Service Life Cycle Management for a Sustainable World
The recognized requirement for advancements in Concurrent Engineering for sustainable productivity enhancement (improved quality of life) can be viewed positively. The basic aim of productivity enhancement is changing, from primarily seeking collaborative
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Richard Curran • Shuo-Yan Chou • Amy Trappey Editors
Collaborative Product and Service Life Cycle Management for a Sustainable World Proceedings of the 15th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering (CE2008)
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Richard Curran, PhD Chair of Aerospace Management and Operations TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Kluyverweg 1 2629HS Delft The Netherlands
Shuo-Yan Chou, PhD Department of Industrial Management (IM) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) 43 Keelung Road, Section 4 Taipei 106 Taiwan
Amy Trappey, PhD Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 101 Kuang Fu Road, Section 2 Hsinchu 300 Taiwan
ISBN 978-1-84800-971-4
e-ISBN 978-1-84800-972-1
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Preface
There is now an overwhelming body of scientific research and political opinion which agrees that current patterns of energy and materials usage are unsustainable, whether in terms of availability or environmental impact. The problem is twofold. In the short-tomedium-term, the current approach to development is sub-optimal through inefficient utilisation of the world’s resources while also causing unnecessary irreversible or longterm damage. In
