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The DCA/TFI Design For Environment and Competitive Advantage Webinar: Overview

About the Webinar

The 90-minute webinar, held April 7, 2010, comprised expert insights and coaching, as well as case studies with executives from Tellabs and Blue Coat Systems, and Q&A.

Webinar Agenda

Introduction, Objectives, Biographies
Why DfE? Strategic importance to designers, competitive products, risk reduction, and profitability
New regulations and standards brewing: Similarities, differences, trajectories
DfE Checklist: How to train designers and how to measure environmental and financial benefits
Supply-chain DfE: Preparing for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what you can do to get your company ready
Q&A with executives from Tellabs and Blue Coat Systems, electronics companies strategically committed to DfE

Profile of Participants

Electronics designers (electrical, electronic, mechanical), Supply-chain managers, Product managers, R&D, operations and marketing executives, academia.

About the Presenters

Pamela J. Gordon, president of Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) brings data and insights from running DfE Workshops over the past 6 years, training more than 1,000 designers, supply-chain and product managers, and executives. She is an executive consultant for High-ROI Environmental Roadmaps and author of the 2001 book, Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment.

Michael Kirschner, President of Design Chain Associates, LLC (DCA) actively influences DfE standards like EPEAT and regulations like California's Safer Alternatives Regulation that drive the industry. Mike has in-the-trenches experience preparing designers for the coming wave of DfE requirements, and what they can do to get ready. In addition, you will hear from


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