Abstract
Niitsu Rolling Stock Manufacturing Factory of JR-East has been promoting product lifecycle management, or PLM and realizing reduction of cost and increasing customer satisfaction since its establishment. Product lifecycle management is also effective in reduction of environmental impact because of the fact that railway vehicle influences the environment in various ways at each stage of its lifecycle. In this way, we develop and design brand-new railway vehicles making use of the techniques of product lifecycle management. In this report, we explain our ways and processes of developing railway vehicle and our efforts to make our efforts to make our future products less damaging to the environment.
