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

Aurora Dimache; Laurentiu Dimache; Elena Zoldi; Thomas Roche

doi:10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_79

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

Aurora Dimache
, Laurentiu Dimache
, Elena Zoldi
, Thomas Roche

Atlantic Technological University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)

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 language	English
Title of host publication	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
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781846289347
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_79
Publication status	Published - 2007

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

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

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

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Dimache, A., Dimache, L., Zoldi, E., & Roche, T. (2007). Life cycle cost estimation tool for decision-making in the early phases of the design process. In Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (pp. 455-459). (Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_79

Dimache, Aurora ; Dimache, Laurentiu ; Zoldi, Elena et al. / Life cycle cost estimation tool for decision-making in the early phases of the design process. Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2007. pp. 455-459 (Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering).

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Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2007. p. 455-459 (Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Dimache A, Dimache L, Zoldi E, Roche T. Life cycle cost estimation tool for decision-making in the early phases of the design process. In Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC. 2007. p. 455-459. (Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses - Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-1-84628-935-4_79

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

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