PARENT SESSION

6C - LCA and Economics: Input/Output Analysis
Poster Hall
8:30 AM - Tuesday, 29 April 2003
Chair: Huppes, G.¹, ¹
Co-chair: Norris, G.², ²

(TUP/222) Total Cost Assessment using LCC and LCA.

Noh, Jaesung¹, Itsubo, Norihiro², Inaba, Atsushi³, ¹ National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN² National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN³ National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN

ABSTRACT- LCM incorporates many aspects of product to be recognized as an available method for decision-making in company. TCA is one of available approach for LCM. The objective of this paper is to present the results of application of TCA models using two life cycle methods, LCC and LCA. A case study of TCA on a Fujitsu-branded laptop computer has been described in this study. Total cost through the whole life cycle of product can be obtained from the integration of internal and external costs. The former indicates the product-related costs that occur during the entire life cycle of product. The latter indicates the social costs associated with environmental burdens. The product-related costs can be identified from LCC and the social costs can be calculated by using the result of LCA.

Key words: Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Total Cost Assessment (TCA), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Management (LCM)