@inproceedings{9059fb7b3f9a40f593b4ba14d8da98d3,
title = "Life cycle cost estimation tool for decision-making in the early phases of the design process",
abstract = "Design is a process that involves information processing and decision-making. As cost is an important factor that must be considered in the decision-making at this phase, proper information about costs is extremely important for designers. The authors present a cost model and tool developed to help designers estimate the life cycle cost of their products and to permit them to make more cost-effective design decisions. The tool can be used in a concurrent engineering environment to provide cost estimates for different design alternatives. What-if analyses can be performed to compare costs when using different components, materials or manufacturing processes.",
keywords = "Cost model, DFE (design for environment) tool, Life cycle cost estimation",
author = "Aurora Dimache and Laurentiu Dimache and Elena Zoldi and Thomas Roche",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_79",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781846289347",
series = "Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media, LLC",
pages = "455--459",
booktitle = "Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering",
}