Sustainable development model for measuring and managing sustainability in the automotive sector

Jasiński, Dominik; Meredith, James O.; Kirwan, Kerry

doi:10.1002/sd.2207

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“…The transfer of this or a similar standard to ultra-efficiency is necessary to carry out a qualitative and quantitative performance evaluation with the help of key performance indicators. The concept of Waltersmann and Kiemel [25], as well as Jasiński et al [51], can provide the first basis for this. This can be extended at any time to include company-specific performance indicators.…”

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Principles of Management Systems for Positive Impact Factories

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The sustainable design of production systems is essential for the industry’s future viability. In this context, the concept of positive impact factories has recently evolved, striving for a completely loss-free factory benefiting positively its surroundings. To establish a holistic view of this approach in everyday corporate life, it is necessary to develop a management policy with defined process flows in the sense of a dedicated management system. This paper thus reviews the scientific literature on (sustainable) management systems and develops a tailored management system for the example of the ultra-efficiency factory. In doing so, we specifically combine and complement established management systems such as environmental, energy and quality management, as well as compliance, maintenance, and lean management. In order to define an applicable framework, the basic considerations presented here were developed in cooperation with and reviewed by a large German automotive supplier. Thereupon, the results are discussed with regard to the future implementation of the system, and starting points for future research are derived.

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“…The industry has achieved compliance with environmental regulations thanks, in the main, to mass production of electric vehicles. (Jasi nski et al, 2021;Krings & Monissen, 2020). In this context, these vehicles need to be based on a modular platform design that allows different models to be manufactured on the same platform.…”

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Efficiency in design and production to achieve sustainable development challenges in the automobile industry: Modular electric vehicle platforms

Lampón

2022

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Electric vehicles have been based on a new product architecture: modular electric vehicle platforms (MEVPs). Through a case study, this paper uses efficiency and sustainability criteria to analyse this modular architecture as implemented by three automobile manufacturers in their European production networks. The results show that MEVPs have been adopted to achieve the efficiency of mass-production electric vehicles in order to comply with regulatory environmental requirements. MEVPs are designed with structural compatible modules, an electric drive system architecture and modular batteries that can be adapted to each vehicle. These designs are focused on limiting energy consumption by reducing weight with the use of high-performance materials or extrathin batteries. Some of these MEVPs use fewer components in their design to facilitate disassembly and recycling. This new modular architecture has been implemented through compatible, flexible production systems accompanied by different sustainable production initiatives. The production system has incorporated carbon-neutral production processes or circular economy production models, which include remanufacturing and reuse. Networks resulting from these new MEVPs are geographically concentrated and are not conditioned by location factors. The roles of the plants have been mainly driven by economies of scale to achieve high-performance specialised products and high volumes. These plants play a role as hubs for electric vehicle production in the manufacturers' European production networks.

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“…The automotive industry, as the world's largest industrial sector, faces high‐profile environmental concerns; it is criticized for contributing to global warming, lowering air quality and handling end‐of‐life automobiles inefficiently (Mathivathanan et al, 2018). Manufacturing, including the automotive industry, accounts for 19% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions (Jasiński et al, 2021). In the automotive industry, sustainability has evolved from a strategic objective to an imperative strategy that delivers value across the whole value chain (Held et al, 2018; Pallaro et al, 2015).…”

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Sustainable supply chain management of automotive sector in context to the circular economy: A strategic framework

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In the era of circular economy (CE), sustainability in the supply chain provides a competitive edge over other organizations in a globally competitive environment. There have been an increasing number of studies in sustainable supply chain practices in the recent past. Limited studies have been done to identify the key strategic factors for sustainable operations of automotive sector in context to developing countries like India. The primary goal of this research is to undertake a thorough assessment and give a brief understanding of the barriers of sustainability in the automotive supply chain. Various barriers are identified from experts' interviews and past academic literature. An integrated approach comprising of the “decision‐making trial and evaluation laboratory method” (DEMATEL) and “interpretive structural modelling” (ISM) method is employed to develop a contextual and hierarchical relationship among the identified barriers. The lack of awareness concerning reverse logistics adoption has the greatest causal effect. This is followed by a lack of information sharing on sustainable practices and complexity in measurement and monitoring of suppliers' environmental activities. To ensure the robustness of the model, sensitivity analysis has been also performed. The novelty of this work is that it identified several barriers towards a sustainable supply chain in automotive sector with a special focus on India. This work will help the practitioners to prioritize the strategic actions needed to be taken for developing sustainable supply chain management. This research has crucial policy implications for stakeholders working to build a sustainable CE by remanufacturing and reusing production waste.

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Sustainable development model for measuring and managing sustainability in the automotive sector

Cited by 34 publications

References 53 publications

Principles of Management Systems for Positive Impact Factories

Principles of Management Systems for Positive Impact Factories

Efficiency in design and production to achieve sustainable development challenges in the automobile industry: Modular electric vehicle platforms

Sustainable supply chain management of automotive sector in context to the circular economy: A strategic framework

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