Enabling Circular Economy Through Product Stewardship

Supply Chain Configurations in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

“…Winkler [39] states that closed-loop SCs need to be established on a network level, which increases the potential for environmental and economic benefits. However, information and coordination efforts rise with the size of the network, which mirrors the claims by Geng and Doberstein [16] and Jensen and Remmen [33] that information requirements are a considerable barrier to closed-loop SCs.…”

“…The majority of articles can be classified as implementation studies, with an emphasis on case studies of predominantly Chinese eco-industrial initiatives at the meso-level of EIPs [17,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] or SCs and networks [6,10,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. Studies on the macro-level of cities [44][45][46], economic areas [47,48], and national and global industries, particularly logistics and waste [7,14,[49][50][51][52], were only included if they informed implementation on the meso-level, as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria.…”

“…Product-service systems (PSSs) are claimed to be one possible vehicle to monetize design and maintenance efforts through long-term customer relationships, but are difficult to implement successfully due to SC infrastructure requirements and persisting consumer reservations [7,8], especially if the subsequent product should be remanufactured instead of being new [70]. Jensen and Remmen [33] strengthen the argument for PSSs by showing how product stewardship initiatives in a number of industries have engendered environmentally better end-of-life management and Mendoza et al [73] provide a framework on how firms can innovate and transition to such novel business models. One impactful barrier that is likely to prevent such transitions from taking place is the need for agreement across SCs; Rizos et al [74] find that even if SMEs are willing to adopt new business models, their low power in their supply network prevents them from convincing important partners to collaborate.…”

Assessing relations between Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review

“…x (Hughes 2017) x (Isaksson, Hallstedt, and Öhrwall Rönnbäck 2018) x (Jensen and Remmen 2017) x (Jin et al 2014) x (Kölsch et al 2017) x (Kowalkowski et al 2017) x (Kuo and Smith 2018) x (A. Q. Li and Found 2017) x (Liao et al 2017) x (Lopes de Sousa Jabbour et al 2018a) x (Lopes de Sousa Jabbour et al 2018b) x (Mařík et al 2016) x (Moreno and Charnley 2016) x (Neligan 2018) x (Okorie et al 2018) x (Pagoropoulos, Pigosso, and McAloone 2017) x (Planing 2017) x (Prendeville et al 2016) x (Rajala et al 2018) x (Ruggeri et al 2017) x (Sarkis and Zhu 2018) x (Shanshan Yang et al 2018) x (Sinclair et al 2018) x (Smart et al 2017) x (Srai et al 2016) x (Stark et al 2014) x (Stock and Seliger 2016) x (Thomas 2018) x (Tolio et al 2017) x (Townsend and Coroama 2018) x (Ünal, Urbinati, and Chiaroni 2018) x (X.…”

“…The IoT is considered by experts as a good method for linking product lifecycle management and digital manufacturing, for example, through cloud computing x x (Dutta et al 2001) x (Fisher et al 2018) x (Giurco et al 2014) x x (Liao et al 2017) x (Lopes de Sousa Jabbour et al 2018a) x (Lopes de Sousa Jabbour et al 2018b) x (Moreno and Charnley 2016) x (Nasiri, Tura, and Ojanen 2017) x (Okorie et al 2018) x (Pagoropoulos, Pigosso, and McAloone 2017) x (Planing 2017) x (Rajala et al 2018) x (Reuter 2016) x (Salminen, Ruohomaa, and Kantola 2017) x (Seele and Lock 2017) x (Srai et al 2016) x (Stock and Seliger 2016) x (Thomas 2018) x (Tseng et al 2018) x (Unruh 2018) x (X. Wang, Ong, and Nee 2018) x Total 5 4 3 13 (Barbosa et al 2016) x (Bassi 2017) x (Deschamps et al 2018) x (Gürdür and Gradin 2017) x (Hehenberger et al 2016) x (Holligan, Hargaden, and Papakostas 2017) x (Isaksson, Hallstedt, and Öhrwall Rönnbäck 2018) x (Jensen and Remmen 2017) x (Kusiak 2018) x (J. Li et al 2015) x (Ma et al 2018) x (Mashhadi and Behdad 2018) x (Menon, Kärkkäinen, and Gupta 2016) x (Menon et al 2018) x (Minetola and Eyers 2018) x (Miranda et al 2017) x (Müller et al 2018) x (Pacis, Subido Jr., and Bugtai 2017)…”