Proposal of optimum ecological manufacturing process of industrial products in manufacturing process and development of Quality Function Development for Environment (QFDE)

Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been greatly paid attention to its effectiveness in evaluating environmental impacts through the lifecycle of any industrial products. In this paper we are focusing the evaluation of metal processing such as stamping, welding etc. during manufacturing process. The LCA-NETS method is used to analyze the environmental load of the process. As a result we propose optimum ecological manufacturing process of industrial products in manufacturing process, and develop Quality Function Development for Environment (QFDE), using NETS values as points of reference tor further development and refinement.