Desgin For Environment R&D Management Methodology In Agilent Technologies China

To china enterprises, including multinational companies in China, product related safety and environment aspects have become a new advantage and one of the important successful factors in global market competition.This thesis initially outlines the future growth of Agilent China by emphasizing on the product R&D and innovation as the key focused area and the imperativeness of the"green product"in R&D. Then,"Design for Environment"(DfE) concept is introduced into the current R&D management methodology. And its imperativeness and importance are emphasized toward product R&D under the circumstance of globalization and rapidly increasing environmental awareness in world-wide countries. Then, the identification of major DfE elements, and its practical assessment tool– Streamlined Life-cycle Assessment (SLCA), as well as the assessment criteria, to systematically and thoroughly evaluate the environment performance of the researched products in R&D management are presented in detail. A SLCA-based assessment tool which is especially applicable to electronic analysis & measurement business is addressed. Lastly, this DfE assessment tool is applied into the R&D management of 6890 gas chromatography (GC) as a real example which is being manufactured in Agilent China. The key environmental concerns in the 6890 GC R&D are initially evaluated through analyzing and summarizing the SLCA matrix, resulting in better integrating DfE into existing R&D management system.The thesis not only constructively makes some innovation in the DfE methodology, but also comprehensively and proactively provides a new concept and feasible tool in the management of product research and development for Agilent China.