Lifecycle-oriented design of ceramic tiles in sustainable supply chains (SSCs)

Settembre-Blundo, Davide; Muiña, Fernando Enrique García; Pini, Martina; Volpi, Lucrezia; Siligardi, Cristina; Ferrari, Anna María

doi:10.1108/apjie-06-2018-0039

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“…The above reflects the essential importance of the strategic decision-making level in the supply chain. Furthermore, only 27 research articles consider the three decision-making levels, such as in [114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124], mainly developing models with more than one stage. This reduced the number of research articles due to the requirements for complex models and significant computational calculations, compared with the integration of one decision-making level, in the search for an optimal supply chain, considering optimization is the main approach used in the SSCD, as Figure 2 shows.…”

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How to Measure Sustainability in the Supply Chain Design: An Integrated Proposal from an Extensive and Systematic Literature Review

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2023

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The increase in the world population and resource scarcity has led to the introduction of environmental concepts such as sustainability and sustainable supply chain design (SSCD). However, there is a lack of consensus among researchers on how to measure sustainability in SSCD. Therefore, the authors propose a novel approach to measuring sustainability in the context of SSCD by developing an integrated, tractable, and representative metrics framework. The methodology corresponds to a quantitative approach involving bibliographic examination and statistical techniques. First, the authors conducted a systematic literature review by formulating research questions and a search protocol, searched for relevant articles, and conducted a quality assessment on full-text reviews to obtain metrics for measuring sustainability in SSCD from the literature. Then, they defined aggregation criteria representing their inclusion relationship by merging associated metrics. The authors then used Cluster Analysis (CA), a multivariate statistical technique, for grouping the metrics. Consequently, twelve clusters were distinguished from 541 research articles, grouping 51 metrics from different sustainability dimensions. It shows the strong connection among the sustainability dimensions, i.e., they must be assessed holistically. Then, we proposed reducing the 51 metrics to 5 to evaluate sustainability in the SSCD, allowing us to focus on a reduced number of indicators.

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How to Measure Sustainability in the Supply Chain Design: An Integrated Proposal from an Extensive and Systematic Literature Review

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“…Life cycle management tools can be used to support a circular economy business model [8][9][10]. Application of LCA and LCC in the circular economy context is discussed in the literature from both methodological and practical viewpoints [11][12][13][14][15]. There are many case studies investigating implementation of LCA and LCC in the waste management field [16][17][18].…”

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Implementation of Life Cycle Based Tools in the Circular Economy Context—Case Study of Plastic Waste

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This article describes research done within the CIRCE2020 project, implemented under the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE 2014–2020 Programme. The main aim is to present the results of a life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) carried out for a recycling plant in Wielkopolska. From the LCA perspective, the analyzed recycling plant performs two functions; therefore, two research approaches were adopted: from the final waste management perspective (Approach 1) and from the production of secondary products (Approach 2). From the first perspective, the total environmental impact for the reference flow (215.140 kg of multi-material waste) was 552.32 Pt. When focused on the second perspective, the environmental impact for the production of plastic boards (3.073 boards) reached 659.58 Pt. The difference in the obtained values results from the fact that the second analysis, besides waste processing, included additionally the generation of raw materials corrected by the quality factor. The total production cost of boards made of multi-material waste was PLN 165,957.23. Energy consumption is the main cost-generating element of production and also the most important environmental hot spot. To increase environmental efficiency and reduce costs, the use of technology allowing for the reduction of energy demand should be considered first.

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ceramic sanitaryware: focus on the production process and analysis of scenario

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Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The reduction of environmental impact is today the main challenge of the ceramic industry that is always more focusing on materials in line with the principles of economic and environmental sustainability. In this context, this study addresses the implementation of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on the production of ceramic sanitaryware, based on a cradle-to-grave analysis. Specifically, the process was considered from raw materials until the product is manufactured, excluding the disposal phase except for process waste. The analysis of the impact assessment considers three different scenarios: (i) The first examines the current state; (ii) the second considers the recovery of fired waste and water as well as the replacement of firing and annealing ovens with new generation ovens; (iii) the third, in addition to the technologies used in the second, proposes the use of a photovoltaic system to produce green energy and, additionally, a "plant" energy recovery system. The results show how production processes have a considerable impact on the environment, in terms of energy consumption and materials. Moreover, the use of a photovoltaic system together with the recovery of water allows a significant reduction of environmental impacts. In contrast, the crushing processes for the recovery of fired waste worsen the environmental performance of the plant, because of the high consumption of electricity. Therefore, by improving the waste recovery system and adopting the solutions of the third scenario in terms of energy savings, it would be possible to reduce the environmental burden of the production system considerably. At the same time, the use of additional equipment and production processes increases the costs of the manufacturing and has a significant impact on maintenance.

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Lifecycle-oriented design of ceramic tiles in sustainable supply chains (SSCs)

Cited by 8 publications

References 48 publications

How to Measure Sustainability in the Supply Chain Design: An Integrated Proposal from an Extensive and Systematic Literature Review

How to Measure Sustainability in the Supply Chain Design: An Integrated Proposal from an Extensive and Systematic Literature Review

Implementation of Life Cycle Based Tools in the Circular Economy Context—Case Study of Plastic Waste

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of ceramic sanitaryware: focus on the production process and analysis of scenario

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