Life cycle cost estimation tool for decision-making in the early phases of the design process

Aurora Dimache, Laurentiu Dimache, Elena Zoldi, Thomas Roche

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media, LLC
Pages455-459
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781846289347
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Publication series

NameAdvances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Keywords

  • Cost model
  • DFE (design for environment) tool
  • Life cycle cost estimation

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