1. How have attitudes regarding sustainability changed in recent years? Provide at least one specific example of a firm adopting sustainability initiatives and the results of this adoption.
2. What legal, environmental, and economic factors would apply to General Electric (per a PEST/PESTLE analysis)?
3. There are seven basic design-for-assembly principles.
List them.
Take any assembled system-it could have as few as 2 parts and as many as thousands (I suggest you pick a simpler option). Assess how well it “scores” on those seven principles. Please include rationale.