Target-driven selection and scheduling of methods for sustainable product development

Buchert, Tom; Halstenberg, Friedrich A.; Bonvoisin, Jérémy; Lindow, Kai; Stark, Rainer

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.067

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“…As a result, a trade-off challenge was identified as one of the most prominent challenges (as summarized in Section 3). Despite the result, the literature highlighted the gap in the existing tools to support decisions in sustainability-related trade-off situations [24,36].…”

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“…To ensure a holistic sustainability consideration during CE initiative development and avoid sub-optimizations (or even more severe sustainability impacts), high importance economic, social and environmental criteria of the TBL approach need to be integrated early in business processes along the key CE and traditional criteria [5]. The inclusion of TBL criteria increases complexity during decision-making, and while techniques based on qualitative or quantitative indicators to support their measurement exist [23], they lack to provide support for conflicting TBL indicators, known as trade-offs [24,25]. This gap highlights the lack of attention to trade-offs between TBL indicators, despite the evidence that integration of the TBL perspective as a sustainability-oriented decision support would always involve trade-offs [26], either between or within the TBL dimensions [27].…”

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A Trade-Off Navigation Framework as a Decision Support for Conflicting Sustainability Indicators within Circular Economy Implementation in the Manufacturing Industry

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Integration of sustainability criteria from a triple bottom line perspective is considered a challenge for manufacturing actors, who are engaged in developing sustainability-oriented initiatives. The earlier in the development process the criteria are integrated and sustainability potential is evaluated, the more opportunities exist to introduce improvements and select an initiative with a highest sustainability potential. The challenge does not only lie in understanding what sustainability criteria to use to assess sustainability performance, but in managing conflicting results, known as trade-offs. Trade-offs are situations characterized by conflicts between the desired objectives, where it is impossible to satisfy all criteria simultaneously. Although sustainability trade-offs are common, there is a gap in the existing approaches for sustainability measurements to support trade-off dialogue and decision-making. If trade-offs are not acknowledged, there is a risk of accepting an initiative leading to sub-optimizations or higher impacts. Therefore, this study proposes a framework to support trade-off analysis in the early development stages of sustainability-oriented initiatives. The trade-off navigation framework relies on input data and a structured guidance, with the twofold objective: (i) help making trade-offs explicit, and (ii) provide a structured approach to support trade-off analysis and acceptability in a transparent manner. The purpose is to encourage a dynamic decision process and reinforce the knowledge of decision-makers about potential risks and opportunities behind their choices. Using a case of a product development involving CE principles, this paper discusses how a trade-off navigation framework was applied and evaluated by industrial and academic experts, leading to its improvement and identification of strengths and limitations.

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A Trade-Off Navigation Framework as a Decision Support for Conflicting Sustainability Indicators within Circular Economy Implementation in the Manufacturing Industry

2020

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“…As all method categories have advantages and disadvantages a combination of different methods seems reasonable. In the scope of previous work, a comprehensive approach for selecting and combining design methods focusing on at least one of the sustainability dimensions was developed (Buchert et al 2017a). The developed taxonomy and corresponding method database was utilized to test applicability of different methods in the context of ecodesign and also sustainability on the example of the pedelec.…”

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Benefits and obstacles of sustainable product development methods: a case study in the field of urban mobility

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In the last few years, numerous approaches have been introduced for supporting design engineers in developing more sustainable products. However, so far, these efforts have not led to the establishment of a commonly acknowledged standard methodology for Sustainable Product Development (SPD). This brings into question the relevance of developing new methods and calls for more efforts in testing the available ones. This article provides a reflection about the benefits and obstacles of applying existing SPD approaches to a real product development project. It reports the results of a project aimed at developing a new mobility solution under the constraints of sustainability-related targets. This project has led to the development of a new pedelec concept, focusing on the substitution of small passenger cars with the help of three SPD methods -Design for Sustainability Guidelines, Product Sustainability Index, and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. These methods have proved to be generally beneficial, thanks to a combination of qualitative and quantitative perspectives. However, the multitude of criteria offered by the methods put forth difficulties in evaluating which sustainability aspects are relevant and therefore lead to higher effort for information retrieval analysis and decision processes. Furthermore, the methods still lack an integrated perspective on the product, the corresponding services and the overarching system.

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“…Assim, o conceito de sustentabilidade com base na TBL visa o equilíbrio por meio da lucratividade econômica, respeito ao meio ambiente e responsabilidade junto à sociedade (GMELIN e SEURING, 2014). No contexto do desenvolvimento de produto, a sustentabilidade relaciona-se ao esforço contínuo para obter a eficiência em projeto de produtos que resultem no desempenho almejado e que resultem em processos que busquem reduzir impactos ambientais e proporcionar simultaneamente benefícios sociais e econômicos aos interessados (AHMAD et al, 2018;BUCHERT et al, 2017). Um processo de desenvolvimento de produto sustentável concilia de forma eficaz as três dimensões da sustentabilidade.…”

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A transição para indústria 4.0 é um desafio para muitas empresas. Muitos processos tendem a ser otimizados com as tecnologias emergentes da indústria 4.0, que poderão impactar na sustentabilidade de muitos processos industriais. O presente artigo mostra, por meio de uma revisão da literatura, como algumas tecnologias habilitadoras da indústria 4.0 podem assegurar a sustentabilidade no processo de desenvolvimento de produtos. Observou-se que as tecnologias abordadas neste estudo afetam de modo/intensidade diferente as etapas do PDP. As etapas de produção e manutenção são mais fortemente impactadas, do ponto de vista da sustentabilidade, pelas 3 tecnologias. As tecnologias com foco em tratamento e acesso a grandes volumes de dados (CC e BD) afetam mais intensamente nas etapas iniciais do PDP. Este, tratase de um tema que merece ser explorado em futuras pesquisas. Palavras chave: Indústria 4.0; Tecnologias da indústria 4.0; Processo de desenvolvimento de produtos; sustentabilidade.

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Target-driven selection and scheduling of methods for sustainable product development

Cited by 39 publications

References 41 publications

A Trade-Off Navigation Framework as a Decision Support for Conflicting Sustainability Indicators within Circular Economy Implementation in the Manufacturing Industry

A Trade-Off Navigation Framework as a Decision Support for Conflicting Sustainability Indicators within Circular Economy Implementation in the Manufacturing Industry

Benefits and obstacles of sustainable product development methods: a case study in the field of urban mobility

Suporte De Tecnologias Da Indústria 4.0 Para Assegurar a Sustentabilidade No Processo De Desenvolvimento De Produtos

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