Product Life Cycle Planning for Sustainable Manufacturing: Translating Theory into Business Opportunities
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Implementing sustainability principles of the circular economy and associated transitions tend to transcend the boundaries of individual businesses. This calls for a shift in traditional sustainability thinking by transitioning from business-oriented sub-optimisation to collaborative value chain optimisation. This paper proposes a framework to support companies in this transition by visualising the different relations in a morphological matrix to encourage the selection of the most appropriate principles for the specific industry context. The framework is evaluated in an industrial case with multiple stakeholders resulting in a feasible closed material loop.
Source: Procedia CIRP
Authors: W. Haanstra, M.E. Toxopeus, M.R. van Gerrevink
Institution: University of Twente
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2606867784