Eco-efficiency in the era of electronic commerce – should ‘Eco-Effectiveness’ approach be adopted?

Abukhader, Sajed M.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.04.001

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“…In the B2B context, e-commerce can have three sustainability effects in supply chains (Abukhader and Jönson 2004): it can (1) enable smoother operations, thus reducing, for example, energy and material consumption; (2) increase the use of energy-consuming hardware equipment; and (3) bring about change in consumption behaviour. The total effects are still unclear (Abukhader 2008). Even the sometimes attributed effects of increased efficiency in processes are still under discussion (Abukhader and Jönson 2004;Dotoli et al 2006).…”

Section: Systems For Strategic and Tactical Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information technology for sustainable supply chain management: a literature survey

Thöni

Tjoa

2015

Enterprise Information Systems

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In supply chain management (SCM), two topics have gained importance over the last years. On the one hand, sustainable SCM (SSCM) has become increasingly relevant and many publications have contributed to the topic. On the other hand, information technology (IT) is being progressively considered as a key enabler for efficiency in supply chains. Several research efforts have contributed to the field of IT for SSCM. However, this paper is the first recent attempt to summarise the current state of the art of how IT can affect SSCM in any structured way and to compare it with IT for 'general' SCM to give guidance for future research. This paper surveys 55 peer-reviewed articles that were retrieved through keyword searches (until May 2014). The analysis identifies research deficits as well as a lack of scientific discourse employing empirical techniques and a lack of investigations on the social sustainability. Additionally, possible topics for further research were derived by comparing the survey's results with the current research on IT for 'general' SCM following the analysis of 631 articles. Six fields could be identified, namely output/effects of IT, machine communication and multiagents, inputs and IT-supported processing, IT-enabled interorganisational exchange, quantitative IT approaches and a sector focus. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Systems For Strategic and Tactical Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Information technology for sustainable supply chain management: a literature survey

Thöni

Tjoa

2015

Enterprise Information Systems

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“…The WBCSD defines eco-efficiency as the ratio between the production value to maximize and the environmental impacts to minimize. Despite certain known limitations, such as the possible rebound effects (Abukhader 2008;Hauschild 2015;Mizobuchi 2008;Small and Dender 2005;Sorrell et al 2009), eco-efficiency has been widely applied throughout the past 20 years to support the eco-design of products (Huppes and Ishikawa 2007;Kicherer et al 2007;Rüdenauer et al 2005). It provides a relative metric to compare design options ensuring the same function (or utility).…”

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Evaluating Eco‐Efficiency of 3D Printing in the Aeronautic Industry

Mami

Revéret

Fallaha

et al. 2017

J of Industrial Ecology

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SummaryNew technologies such as 3D printing, also known as rapid manufacturing or additive manufacturing, are promising technologies to support the aeronautics sector moving toward its ambitious environmental goals. An eco-efficiency method combining life cycle costs and life cycle environmental assessment is developed to support eco-design initiatives in the aeronautics industry that accounts for specific reduction targets. Eco-efficiency results are computed through a normalization procedure and a target-driven trade-off and displayed as an XY diagram. Applied to an aircraft doorstop manufacturing, results show that 3D printing has clear benefits both in terms of costs and environmental impacts compared to conventional machining. Nevertheless, 3D printing equipment costs are still high, and a sensitivity analysis shows that, for lower productivity levels, the optimal scenario relies on the chosen trade-off between environmental impacts and costs reduction. Keywords:additive manufacturing aeronautics eco-efficiency industrial ecology life cycle assessment (LCA) life cycle costing (LCC) Supporting information is linked to this article on the JIE website

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“…In this research, the term effective and resource-efficient refers to using the right resources the right way, and means reducing the amount of needed raw material in order to reduce the total environmental impact, but these resources need to be used carefully (Abukhader, 2008, Hay et al, 2017). …”

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How requirements development could support design of effective and resource-efficient offerings

Nilsson¹

2017

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What a company offers its customers has to fulfil several different needs, desires, constraints, which can originate from multiple different sources that affect the offering throughout its life cycle. All these criteria have to come together and be translated into statements that can support the designer's understanding of the offering's purpose. This translation is done through a requirements development process to provide a controlled process to define statements that describe what the offering is supposed to fulfil.This research provides insights on key challenges and success factors in requirements development to support the design of effective and resource-efficient offerings. Namely, it identifies crucial sources and aspects to be considered, and a requirements development process demonstrating how to overcome identified challenges. By getting the requirements right from the beginning, sub-optimisation and unnecessary time and risks can be avoided.The consideration of accurate sources and aspects is considered to be one of the most important factors for the successful design of offerings. It is also in the earliest phases of design, that is to say requirements development, where one has the greatest possibility to affect the environmental impact of the offering. What is missing, however, is sufficient and appropriate support in industry on how to do so. VIII IX APPENDED PAPERSThe following papers were written during the research and set the foundation for this thesis: Contributions in the papers:Paper 1: The author of this thesis solely carried out this review (Systematic Literature Review 1), and the paper was to about 95% written by her. The co-author supported in the research process and supported with background knowledge in the area, framing and scope.Paper 2: This paper was prepared in collaboration between the authors, from idea to submission. Each author contributed with cases as well as knowledge from their own expertise. The author of this thesis contributed specifically with the idea to focus on SMEs, and also added the sustainability aspects of providing integrated offerings. The author of this thesis also contributed with one of the use cases (that originated from Interview Study 1), and wrote about 30% of the text in the paper. Paper 3:The literature review and the company cases were based on results from Systematic Literature Review 2 and Interview Study 1. The author of this thesis wrote the main draft of the manuscript. Co-authors supported the work along its process, and especially with rewriting and reworking when revising the paper after the first submission.

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Eco-efficiency in the era of electronic commerce – should ‘Eco-Effectiveness’ approach be adopted?

Cited by 36 publications

References 11 publications

Information technology for sustainable supply chain management: a literature survey

Information technology for sustainable supply chain management: a literature survey

Evaluating Eco‐Efficiency of 3D Printing in the Aeronautic Industry

How requirements development could support design of effective and resource-efficient offerings

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