Product Design for Life‐Cycle Mismatch

Bradley, James R.; Guerrero, Hector

doi:10.3401/poms.1080.0056

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“…Some component suppliers also issue product change notifications to signal their intent to discontinue a product, whilst others do not (Husey, 2001). Indeed, it is not uncommon for electronic parts to be discontinued by the original manufacturer without warning (Bradley and Guerrero, 2008). These discontinuance notices are not only applicable to hardware; many companies have also alerted users of terminations of software.…”

Section: An Integrated Process Perspective Of Technology Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The risk that a component will become obsolete before the product is eliminated. As technological advancements surge across industrial sectors, shortening product life cycles have become more pronounced (Bradley and Guerrero, 2008;Calantone et al, 2010). Two of the unique features of this quadrant are design for limited repairs and built-in obsolescence.…”

Section: Quadrant I: Life-cycle Match (Short-life Products With Shortmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is more prominent in instances where parts or components with short life cycles are utilised in long-lived products such as capital-intensive military and electronic equipment (Bradley and Guerrero, 2008;Solomon et al, 2000;Underwood et al, 2014). The projected lifespan of large internet routers and military systems is around two decades, where the COTS electronics parts that support their functionality such as memory and microprocessors often have around two years' lifespan (Bradley and Guerrero, 2008;Livingston, 2000). Indeed, around 70% of the electronic parts are superseded even before the first system is installed (Sandborn, 2007a).…”

Section: Quadrant Iii: Life-cycle Mismatch (Long-life Products With Smentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the face of such challenges, many firms adopt strategies such as stockpiling discontinued components and incrementally discontinuing the use of the technology (Underwood et al, 2014). In some instances, the firm is forced to adopt the "life-time buy" or a "last-time buy" strategy, where it acquires a large quantity of parts to prolong the production using the current technology in the wake of impending closure of the original manufacturer (Bradley and Guerrero, 2008). This has been found to help mitigate part obsolescence (Solomon et al, 2000).…”

Section: Quadrant Iii: Life-cycle Mismatch (Long-life Products With Smentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrated vs. add-on: A multidimensional conceptualisation of technology obsolescence

Amankwah‐Amoah

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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In the past two decades, technology obsolescence has become an increasingly common feature of the global economy, often precipitated by new technological breakthroughs and innovations.Although a number of companies persist with obsolete technologies until disaster strikes, our understanding of the dynamics of technology obsolescence and why some firms persist with obsolete technologies remains largely underexplored. This conceptual paper seeks to fills these gaps in our understanding by developing a four-domain framework to explicate the dynamics of technologies' obsolescence, which takes into account the components in determining different types of obsolescence. The framework articulates two types of life-cycle match and two types of life-cycle mismatch. The article also contributes to the literature by delineating an integrated framework of firm-specific and market-based factors which account for some firms' persistence with obsolete technologies. Amassing and utilising the latest information to update their technologies can help firms enhance their competitiveness. The wider implications of the analysis for public policy and directions for future research are examined.

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Section: An Integrated Process Perspective Of Technology Obsolescencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Quadrant I: Life-cycle Match (Short-life Products With Shortmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Quadrant Iii: Life-cycle Mismatch (Long-life Products With Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Quadrant Iii: Life-cycle Mismatch (Long-life Products With Smentioning

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Integrated vs. add-on: A multidimensional conceptualisation of technology obsolescence

Amankwah‐Amoah

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…A methodology for product life cycle planning (LCP) with four stages was presented [31], and a software tool was established for eco-design concept of a product. A method to lower the life cycle mismatch considering the cost of mitigating in the design and manufacturing of a product was researched [32]. Further, three key eco-design techniques, namely checklists, guidelines, and a material, energy and toxicity matrix were identified [33].…”

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A systematic review of environmentally conscious product design

Li¹,

Gómez²,

Pehlken³

2015

Advances in Computer Science Research

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Abstract-Recently environmentally conscious product design (ECPD) is highlighted by research community, because of the global conscious about low carbon emission and sustainable development. ECPD cares about the environmental, social and economic impacts of products during their life cycle phases, with the destination to achieve product life cycle design for sustainability. Furthermore, information and communication technologies are important for the implementation of computer-aided eco-design. The theories, methods, software tools about ECPD during 2005 to 2015 were reviewed in this work. Five most related aspects including product eco-design, design for disassembly (DFD), design for recycling (DFR), material selection (MS), and eco-design software tools were analyzed as related categories. Eco-impact assessment was found to be a pre-step in ECPD followed by product eco-innovation. DFD, DFR, and MS helped to improve the energy efficiency and eco-friendliness of products. Eco-design software tools are focusing on CAD-integration, web-based and knowledge base-based characteristics. More eco-design software tools will be developed in specific industries and to handling products with composite materials.Keywords-product eco-design; design for sustainability (D4S); eco-design software tools; state-of-the-art; eco-friendly produts

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Innovation in complex assembled electronic products: An analysis of the evolution of television components

Singh

Kemerer

Ramasubbu

2021

J of Ops Management

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A complex assembled electronic product (CAEP), such as a modern television (TV), can be produced in a variety of design configurations using different combinations of software and hardware components that are arranged together in a hierarchy of technical subsystems within a defined product architecture. We examine the lifecycle of individual components that make up a CAEP to better understand why its dominant design configuration includes specific components from among the (often many) competing alternatives. The emergence of the dominant design configuration of a product has long-term implications on the operational efficiency of a firm's product assembly line and its component selection strategy. We test hypotheses that explain both the inclusion of a component in the dominant design configuration of a CAEP, and its longevity to remain in the product market over the lifecycle of the CAEP using three key factors: (a) pleiotropy, or the number of functions supported by the component, (b) the nature of standards used by the component (open vs. closed), and (c) the source of innovation of the component (exog-enous vs. endogenous to the industry). We empirically test our hypotheses using a longitudinal data set of 2830 TV models spanning 15 years (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016). The results show that components that have higher pleiotropy and that are supported by open standards not only have a higher chance of being selected into the dominant design configuration of TV, but also remain in the TV market for a longer time. Specifically, every additional functionality associated with a component increases its likelihood of entering the dominant design configuration by approximately three times, and its longevity by about 2 years.Similarly, a component supported by an open standard is approximately four times more likely to be part of the dominant design configuration compared with a component supported by a closed standard, and it remains in the TV market for approximately an additional 2 years. In addition, components developed through endogenous innovation efforts were nearly five times more likely to enter the dominant design configuration of TV. Their longevity, however, was not significantly different from that of components sourced exogenously. Building on these results, we discuss the implications for product management of CAEP and for further research to examine innovation in CAEPs.

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Product Design for Life‐Cycle Mismatch

Cited by 28 publications

References 14 publications

Integrated vs. add-on: A multidimensional conceptualisation of technology obsolescence

Integrated vs. add-on: A multidimensional conceptualisation of technology obsolescence

A systematic review of environmentally conscious product design

Innovation in complex assembled electronic products: An analysis of the evolution of television components

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