Product Design and Development

Indigenous Fashion Industry: Case of the SIDS of the Caribbean

This paper explores how the Caribbean could build a 100% locally made fashion value stream. It looks at materials, technology, and feasibility, showing a roadmap for sustainable, region-driven fashion. Participation in the global fashion industry

A Sustainability Education Dilemma: Is a better environment worth a worse economy?

January 2, 2026 sustainableiise Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, Manufacturing, Product Design and Development

This paper shows a student project using bamboo instead of aluminum in vehicle design. It highlights both the benefits for sustainability and the technical and economic challenges, stressing the need for life cycle assessment in

Engineering Education for a sustainable future: How reverse logistics and the circular economy are driving change.

November 21, 2025 sustainableiise Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Educational Services, Energy Systems/Utilities/Fuel, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Services, Facilities Engineering & Energy Management, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Government, IISE Annual Conference 2026, Manufacturing, Operations Engineering & Management, Product Design and Development

Reverse logistics and the circular economy work together to reduce waste, recover materials, and extend the life of products. Companies such as Dell and IKEA demonstrate how these practices support both environmental stewardship and economic

November 25, 2024 sustainableiise Product Design and Development

Product Design and Development is the efficient and effective generation anddevelopment of ideas through a process that leads to new products. From an industrialengineering knowledge view, it is the processes and analysis employed supportingefficient decision-making

Designing a collaborative online transportation platform for sustainable regional food distribution

April 4, 2024 sustainableiise Agriculture, Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, Information Engineering, Operations Research & Analysis, Product Design and Development, Transportation and Warehousing

Abstract: Regional food systems offer the potential to improve agricultural sustainability and community resilience. However, regional farmers must find ways of expanding their market reach to a larger number of buyers to ensure the survival

Using Toyota Kata to Help Local Food Banks with Hugh Alley

November 2, 2021 sustainableiise Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Lean / Six Sigma, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Product Design and Development

Our guest is Hugh Alley, an experienced lean practitioner and industrial engineer, who has experience with the Toyota Kata method of improvement. He has recently applied this approach to a nonprofit food bank in Vancouver,