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ToolsSugai, Philip and Aroean, Lukman (2014) Waste vs. challenge! Consumer insights and strategic implications of unused technology product capabilities and features. Kindai Management Review, 2. pp. 93-101.
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In an effort to provide guidance to designers and product developers globally to minimize and ultimately eliminate product-level waste, and thus slow the rapidly rising levels of eWaste, this paper explores the concept of “waste” from the perspective of consumers and their interactions with technology-related products. The ZMET qualitative research method was applied, through which three distinct categories for the cognitive constructs that respondents held towards the interplay between the “challenge” to optimize utility versus the “waste” of 1) never accessing, 2) understanding or 3) applying this utility were identified. From these findings, three “Key Design Challenges” are proposed and practical examples and guidance are offered for future design innovation. While building on the work of many thought leaders in the field of innovation, manufacturing, design and product marketing, this is the first paper to categorize the consumer experience of product-level “waste”, and offer a strategic framework for its elimination.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | waste,ewaste,lean manufacturing,product design,innovation, new product development |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2016 16:00 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 11:38 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/58363 |
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