1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap - Civil and ...

Table of Contents
Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap
Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................v
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... vii
1.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Overall Strategy..............................................................................................................1
1.2 Why MCC? ....................................................................................................................2
1.3 Priorities from the 1994 Roadmap..................................................................................3
2.0 Strategic Business Opportunities.............................................................................................7
2.1 Scope and Objective.......................................................................................................7
2.2 Incorporating Environmental Issues into a Corporation’s Strategic
Decision-making Processes............................................................................................7
2.3 Standards Providing Guidance for Strategic Decision-making.....................................10
2.4 Corporate Strategies for Elevating Environmental Program Management ...................12
2.4.1 A Parallel with Quality .....................................................................................12
2.4.2 Initial Steps.......................................................................................................12
2.5 Challenges to Incorporating Environmental Issues into Strategic
Decision-making Processes..........................................................................................22
2.6 Summary of Current Industry Needs ............................................................................22
2.7 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................23
3.0 Information and Knowledge Systems....................................................................................25
3.1 Data Availability, Access, and Integration....................................................................25
3.2 Shortcomings in Information for Environmental Decision-Making .............................25
3.3 Information Required for Environmental Decision-making.........................................26
3.4 Building an Electronics Industry Environmental Information Infrastructure................29
3.5 Initial Steps to Building the Information Infrastructure ................................................35
3.6 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................36
4.0 Design for Environment: Evolution and Tool Needs ............................................................39
4.1 DFE Basics...................................................................................................................39
4.2 DFE Survey for the 1996 Roadmap ..............................................................................41
4.3 Findings........................................................................................................................42
4.3.1 Surveys: Brief Summary of Tool-Feature Ranking..........................................42
4.4 Observations of the Current State of DFE.....................................................................43
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