Sustainable Aspects Regarding a Multi-Criteria & Cross-Component Prediction of Property Change Potentials Within the Pre-Development Phase of Technical Product Systems

Abstract A required faster generating of concepts due to a significantly shorter pre-development time in the automotive industry without physical prototypes is a key factor to reach a higher product maturity more readily and quickly, especially in terms of reducing development costs but also environmental impacts. Therefore, and with regard to a more agile development process, tailored product property changes have to be considered right at the beginning. Concerning this matter, the contribution presents a multi-criteria and cross-component systemic and systematic matrix-based analysis process of property change potentials within the pre-development phase of technical products. Herein, and based on the development of weight-optimized systems, a continuous monitoring and tracking of certain modifications of diverse sustainability factors (social and environmental) can be easily made and partly be directly influenced by a corresponding redesign of relevant and hierarchically ordered components.