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A Knowledge Repository to Support Ecodesign Implementation in Manufacturing Companies

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Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering (ADM 2019)

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In last years, increasing attention on environmental matters is registered and companies are forced by legislations, normative and protocols to increase the environmental performances of their products. Observing the industrial context, it emerges there are several barriers for an effective implementation of eco-design strategies inside design departments. The paper presents a knowledge repository tool, which aims at both, providing a basic guide on environmental sustainability issues and favoring knowledge sharing among design departments. The tool is mainly based on a structured repository in which company materials, organized in different forms, are collected. The repository contains training section, well-organized guidelines, company specific knowledge and milestone. The implementation of the tool in two industrial companies is presented and results of usability and tool effectiveness discussed.

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  1. Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 12, 60131, Ancona, Italy

    Marta Rossi, Roberto Menghi & Alessandra Papetti

  2. Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Largo dell’Università, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Marco Marconi

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell‘Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Dalmine, Italy

    Caterina Rizzi

  2. Dipartimento Di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferrari”, Università Di Modena E Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Angelo Oreste Andrisano

  3. Dipartimento Di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferrari”, Università Di Modena E Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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Rossi, M., Marconi, M., Menghi, R., Papetti, A. (2020). A Knowledge Repository to Support Ecodesign Implementation in Manufacturing Companies. In: Rizzi, C., Andrisano, A.O., Leali, F., Gherardini, F., Pini, F., Vergnano, A. (eds) Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering. ADM 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31154-4_55

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