• Consumer cost of ‘throw-away' {1, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14}
• Cost of returning recyclable/reusable components {1, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14}
• Consumer cost for environmental legal costs {1, 3, 6, 13, 14}
• Consumer cost of removing installations {1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16}
• Consumer cost of transportation from installation sites {1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16}
• Consumer cost of refuse disposal charges {1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16}
• Consumer cost of site clean-up costs {1, 3, 5, 6, 13}

It's also very clear from above that the consumer's cost of a product can continue to rise long after the product is purchased.

All of the cost drivers checked above for the producer and owner are the areas of concern, which outline the basis of cost reduction/minimizing and which a product developer needs to be aware of as a product is produced and supported.  Below we'll discuss what actions can be taken, what tools, skills and supporting structures are needed for the product developer to manage and control the cost aspects of a product.

Thus, the dictum: