This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019
Conference (LCM) held in Poznan Poland and presents different examples of scientific and
practical contributions showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision
processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM
to target organize analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards
continuous improvement along the different products life cycle. The selection of case studies
presents LCM as a business management approach that can be used by all types of businesses and
organizations in order to improve their sustainability performance. This book provides a
cross-sectoral current picture of LCM issues. The structure of the book is based on five-theme
lines. The themes represent different objects that are focused on sustainability and LCM
practices mainly related to: products technologies organizations markets and policy issues
as well as methodological solutions. The book brings together presentations from the world of
science and the world of enterprises as well as institutions supporting economic development.
