MA4D0104
江雅雯
MA4D0204
羅揚智

主要業務
設計符合人體工學的家具
1.
不影響室內空氣品質
2.
降低室內雜訊
3.
篩選室外噪音
4.
減少眼睛疲勞
5.
增加隱私
6.
促進和平與寧靜
目前面臨的主要環境生產的新產品開發和採購
問題。

 各企業發現目前面臨必須在一個新的挑戰上
競爭 ── 環境。
 因為國際法律和國際認證如
ISO 14000
的影
響了產品生產，銷售，和回收的過程。
 所以企業必須透過其他方式降低成本，包括：
1.
減少生產過程浪費
2.
選擇低成本的再生原料
3.
危險材料需使用替代品

 具有競爭力的辦公家具製造商基於國際對環
保的要求和獎勵。面臨對於新產品設計要如
何不犧牲品質，又能提供給消費者更低的價
格挑戰。
 而人機工程學公司所面臨的挑戰包括
ERM
問
題，其競爭對手正試圖以更環保的方式執行，
也因此獲益。這顯示，一間公司可以在一個
新的產品設計階段花費更少的成本去修正可
能發生的問題。

 人機工程學公司的目標包括
:
 設計一個辦公室的椅子，滿足標準，同時讓
產品對環境的影響降到最小。並計劃透過工
藝設計改進未來人機工程學的發展，例如座
椅產品。這個目標可實現通過標準化，通用
的應用程序製造，和減少浪費。


$
200
25%
60%

The typical design cycle time is one year. Due to changes in personnel, this project has been underway for almost four months and is constrained by a one-year deadline for release into the marketplace and full production ramp-up. As always, the design of the new chair needs to be both functional, attractive, structural as well as visually pleasing. Timing is always tight in new product development. Your team realizes this will impact your recommendations for this project, and impact any changes after the design cycle. At this point in time the design team has a computeraided draft of the chair, but little else.

 The team can broaden the typical ease of assembly concept to include manufacturing efficiency; simpler processes would make less potential for waste. Any steel and plastic trimmed during chair production should be recycled and reused. Several separate initiatives aimed at producing positive environmental impact are already underway at Ergonomics, and these can be combined into this Sage chair. Ergonomics would like to eliminate as much as three pounds of materials per chair. This reduction in waste can result in a potential 15% to 20% raw materials cost savings per chair. A focus on design details will make it possible to design for disassembly without adding costs to the product. DfD will also allow Ergonomics totarget the refurbished office furniture market with its products. This means that a chair from Ergonomics will be easier to disassemble, recycle, and refurbish because it will have standard screws, less adhesives, and reusable materials.

 Ergonomics wants to produce a chair that is easy to take apart, making it simpler to recycle or refurbish. In order to recycle, components are separated, and the plastics reground to be used again, the upholstery can be combined with other waste products from the same industry and made into new materials, or products. Another option is to refurbish and sell the chair again. Refurbishing extends the life of the product by adding new components, colors, and materials to the old product. Refurbishing can generate more revenue through expanding markets for used furniture.

The Sage chairs need to be designed so that the back of one chair fits into the seat of another (stackable) for shipping. This can be done without having to use foam blocks to prevent fabric wrinkling that usually occurs from stacked product shipping. This type of stacking does cause postponement of assembly for the finished product and some increased labor expenses either at the dealership or at the customer=s location. The chair needs to be designed to be shipped without a carton.
Ergonomics gives its customers the choice of receiving a product cartoned or uncartoned. This is significant because it has been found that abuse from shipping is far more severe than at any other time in the life of a product.

 Make and justify the recommendations with the use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process tool.
1.
What are the advantages/disadvantages list for the case options?
2.
What types of further information would aid in making your recommendations?
3.
How might ISO 14000 impact this situations?
4.
What are the impacts on shipping this type of chair?
5.
What groups of stakeholders should Ergonomics be concerned with when making manufacturing and marketing decisions that involve environmental initiatives?