1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap - Civil and ...

Human Interface
(Please rank the importance of the features below as Low, Med, or High)
2 Allows user to enter data, update information, etc.
1 Tool comes with databases of environmental information
5 Able to present information in the form of visual charts and graphs
6 Offers graphical point and click interface
3 Has flexible report-generation capability
5 Provides on-line help
4 Is user maintainable (versus requiring a system administrator)
Other: ____________________________________________________________
Appendix F
Connectivity
(Please rank the importance of the features below as Low, Med, or High)
1 Fully integrated with CAE/CAD platforms or existing design tool suite
2 Compatible with multiple platforms (please underline the most useful platform(s): PC, Mac,
Mainframe, other:
7 Linked to World Wide Web
4 Capable of ready access to information from other non-environmental databases and design
tools (inventory, factory components/parts, materials lists, process data, purchasing data; etc.)
6 Interfaces with project documentation software
8 Interfaces with project scheduling methods/software
3 Linked to existing material use and inventory databases at your facility
5 Is able to integrate seamlessly into time-to-market product design
Other: ____________________________________________________________
Functionality
(Please rank the importance of the features below as Low, Med, or High)
5 Provides cost/benefit and economic impact analysis for lifetime of the product
3 Provides benchmarking capabilities for comparison
1 Supports technology tradeoff studies (performance feedback of various technologies,
materials; recommendations of alternatives/potential solutions/substitute technologies) in real
time
7 Captures design history of materials, processes, etc.
6 Able to trace requirements through a functional or structural hierarchy
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