Published by Chapman & Hall on behalf of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Opening -- Life cycle modelling as a management challenge / G. Spur -- Potentials of information technology for life-cycle-oriented product and process development / F.-L Krause and Chr. Kind -- Part Two: Advanced strategies -- Sustainable industrial production - environmental issues in product development / L. Alting -- Towards a comprehensive life cycle modelling for innovative strategy, systems, processes and products services / V. A. Tipnis -- Disassembly factories for recovery of resources in product and material cycles / G. Seliger, C. Hentschel and M. Wagner -- Part Three: Life cycle modelling -- Lifecycle modelling as an approach for design for X / W. Eversheim, U. H. Bohlke and W. Kolscheid -- Product life cycle modelling for inverse manufacturing / F. Kimura and H. Suzuki -- Some theoretical issues and methods of life-cycle engineering / V. Tarassov -- Global engineering network - applications for green design / H. Schott and H. Birkhofer -- The green browser: a proposal of green information sharing and a life cycle design tool / Y. Umeda, T. Tomiyama, T. Kiriyama and Y. Baba -- Towards a new specification method for an automated system / L. Jacquet, Y. Sallez and R. Soenen -- Part Four: Decision support -- An approach to planning of textile manufacturing operations: a scheduling method / D. Mourtzis, N. Papakostas and G. Chryssolouris -- A unified decision support tool for product management / H. E. Cook -- Scenario-management during the early stages of product development / J. Gausemeier, A. Fink and O. Schalke -- The FABERCOAT decision support system: a design tool for plasma sprayed coatings / M. Foy, M. Marchese and G. Jacucci -- Modeling high precision assembly processes using discrete event simulation - an alternative solution for decision making in manufacturing / II. Astinov and P. Hadjijski -- A market model of manufacturing control / T. Kis, A. Markus and J. Vancza -- Part Five: Assembly and disassembly -- Integration of assembly considerations in product design / M. A. Willemse and T. Storm -- Modeling and planning of disassembly processes / E. Zussman, B. Scholz-Reiter and H. Scharke -- Recycling and disassembly of electronic devices / K. Feldman and O. Meedt -- Information management to support economical disassembly of technical products / D. Spath and C. Tritsch -- A proposal of CPR-graph method for assembly sequences generation / J. Wang, K. Ohkura and K. Ueda -- A rule based system for design for manufacture and assembly / E. A. Warman -- Part Six: Rapid and virtual prototyping -- Choosing the right rapid prototyping technology for each phase of product development / H. Grabowski, J. Erb and K. Geiger -- Innovative product development and advanced processes by solid freeform manufacturing / D. Kochan -- CAD data preparation in a virtual prototyping environment / H. Kress, J. Rix and I. Kiolein -- Identification of process relevant form structures for stereolithography within solid models / F. Mandorli and U. Cugini -- Rapid prototyping - new manufacturing tools for improving design and prototype cycle / F. Klocke, S. Noken and H. Wirtz -- Rapid prototyping of engineering methodologies / N. Wang and J. Cheng -- Part Seven: Sustainable manufacturing -- Architecture consideration for sustainable manufacturing processes re-engineering / Z. Deng -- Manufacturing objects as uniform NC-interface for machining and measuring / A. Storr, D. Handel, C. Itterheim, B. Rommel and H. Strohle -- The post-mass production paradigm, knowledge intensive engineering and soft machines / T. Tomiyama, T. Sakao, Y. Umeda and Y. Baba --

Part Eight: Design for environment -- Multi-lifecycle design strategies: applications in plastics for durable goods / D. H. Sebastian, M. Xanthos, E. Ehrekrantz, M. C. Leu, K. K. Sikar, R. J. Candill and R. Magee -- Environmentally sound computer aided design / R. Anderl and J. Katzenmaier -- Model based approach to life cycle simulation of manufacturing facilities / H. Hiraoka, D. Saito, S. Takata and H. Asama -- Methods for continual improvement of products and processes / R. Zust and G. Caduff -- Development of environmentally friendly products - methods, material and instruments / H. Birkhofer and H. Schott -- Life cycle assessment (LCA) - a supporting tool for vehicle design? / C. Kaniut and H. Kohler -- Part Nine: Specific methods -- Next generation product development / D. Haban, T. Hasse and A. Strobel -- Dynamically modified method of data model in the product development process / R. Ning and B. Li -- Industrial methods for product and process development - a case study / J. Vallhagen -- Part Ten: Recycling -- Design for ease of recycling / W. Beitz -- Design for recycliability - an analysis tool in the "engineering workbench" / H. Meerkamm and J. Weber -- Part Eleven: Feature technology -- SESAME - simultaneous engineering system for applications in mechanical engineering / H. K. Tonshoff, T. Baum and M. Ehrmann -- Feature based modelling of conceptual requirements for styling / F.-L Krause, J. Luddemann and E. Rieger -- Flexible definition of form features / R. Geelink, O. W. Salomons, F. Van Slooten, F. J. A. M. van Houten and H. J. J. Kals -- Part Twelve: Distributed product development and manufacturing -- A conceptual system support framework for distributed product development and manufacturing / B. E. Hirsch, T. Kuhlmann, C. Mabow, R. Oehlmann and K.-D Thoben -- Virtual product development for total customer solutions / K. Preiss and L. Bagrit -- Distributed and multicriteria management tools for integrated manufacturing / D. Trentesaux, J. F. N. Tchako and C. Tahon -- Integrated enterprise modelling for business process reengineering / K. Mertins and R. Jochem.