Abstract
Lean Environmental Management Integration System (LEMIS) is employed to improve business efficiency and reduce environmental impacts. In the automotive industry, improvement in the driving-stability and comfort of auto is attempted. And it is known that influence of a suspension is especially large. However, at the present time, a huge experience and sense of a designer is required in suspension designing. Most of the time, designers usually need to pay more attention to the suspension itself and rarely aware of the impact on the environment. In order to meet the concept of lean manufacturing, as well as to meet ISO certification to improve competitiveness. The primary objective of the paper is to provide a concept for suspension design support system based on LEMIS database to give some guidance, which help the designer achieve the balance that the smallest impact on the environment under the minimum production cost. Not only production cost, mechanical probability, production efficiency, but also environmental impact and other factors are stored in the LEMIS system. The design support system integrates and calculates all of these values, and then offers exact numbers so that the designer can see the differences clearly. The study is indeed useful to the designer of suspension because the support system is a comprehensive tool, where it can provide designers with comprehensive and accurate data reference.
