During the New Product Development process, build a system of metrics to monitor progress. Include input metrics, such as average time in each stage, as well as output metrics that measure the value of launched products, percentage of new product sales and other figures that provide valuable feedback.
Work done by a system decreases the internal energy of the system, as indicated in the First Law of Thermodynamics. System work is a major focus in the discussion of heat engines.
So, the second law of thermodynamics might suggest that sustainability is impossible. However, the first and second laws of thermodynamics relate to âclosed systemsâ â where nothing is lost to the outside and nothing comes in from the outside. With âclosed systems,â entropy is inevitable.