From concept to industrialization
Eco-design in a product development process: B-Free by Steelcase

From the second phase onwards, the project team begins to transform concepts into technical solutions that can be industrialized. As a result, the number of departments with which the eco-designer must interact increases, and the constraints to be considered become more numerous. These include

• mechanical performance ;

• respect for design ;

• compliance with quality requirements (visual, comfort, etc.);

• respecting the cost objective ;

• adaptation to existing industrial capacities;

• alignment with existing logistics strategy.

In this way, through iterative loops, certain solutions are retained and others abandoned. Take, for example, the use of...