The role of modularity in sustainable design: A systematic review

Sonego, Monique; Echeveste, Márcia Elisa Soares; Debarba, Henrique Galvan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.106

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“…Many researchers show the benefits of modular design for sustainable design according to the three main steps of the life cycle, such as production, use and disposal [10]. Modula design is suitable for sustainable development.…”

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“…Many researchers show the benefits of modular design for sustainable design according to the three main steps of the life cycle such as production, use, and disposal [10]. Additionally, modular design is a key concept in new sustainable manufacturing processes, ensuring agility, reactivity, and flexibility [10].…”

Section: Labor Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, modular design is a key concept in new sustainable manufacturing processes, ensuring agility, reactivity, and flexibility [10]. Modular design enables manufacturers to cope with rapidly-changing customer needs and increases the technical complexity in the production process [18].…”

Section: Labor Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The product architecture has important effects on the whole product life cycle, hence affecting sustainable characteristics of a product [9]. In terms of the ability to influence the product life cycle and sustainable characteristics, modular design has recently received great attention with regard to sustainable design [10]. Sustainable design focuses on the development of sustainable solutions, balancing private interests of the firms with environmental, economic, and social concerns [11].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sustainable design focuses on the development of sustainable solutions, balancing private interests of the firms with environmental, economic, and social concerns [11]. The literature generally associates modular design with environmental concerns and benefits [10]. As a primary concern of sustainability, the element of cost savings has attracted increasing attention in economic sustainability [12].…”

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An Empirical Study on the Manufacturing Firm’s Strategic Choice for Sustainability in SMEs

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Lee

2018

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Abstract:To survive in the current competitive, unpredictable business environment, it is significant for firms to search and enforce capabilities that lead them to adapt and cope with dynamic changes of environment for their sustainability. We try to connect operation issues with sustainability in this paper. From the perspective of the dynamic capabilities of the firm, this study suggests a conceptual model that presents relationships among supply chain visibility, modular design, supply chain flexibility, and agility. We do not focus on the module buyer but on the small and middle-sized enterprises (SMEs). An empirical study is performed to verify the relationships proposed, using datasets collected from 232 manufacturing SMEs as module suppliers in South Korea. We used SPSS to analyze data and structural equation modeling to verify the hypotheses of the research model. The important contributions of this study are as follows. Firstly, we suggest relationships among supply chain visibilities and a modular design for supply chain flexibility and agility in sustainable performance. Secondly, we show that supply chain visibility directly leads firms to implement modular design in sustainable development. Thirdly, we verify the importance of supply chain visibility, not for module buyers, but for module suppliers by switching views in terms of SMEs' sustainability. Lastly, this study shows that the suppliers' modular design affects supply chain flexibility and agility, which is consistent with the findings presented in the literature.

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The role of electronic waste management solutions and message framing in influencing consumer behaviours: Exploring the crowdfunding context

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Electronics waste (e‐waste) is the fastest growing category of hazardous solid waste in the world. While the generation of e‐waste has recently attracted the attention of a number of researchers, currently, there is little awareness on its management, monitoring, and control among the consumers of crowdfunding platforms. This is surprising because the supporters (backers) of crowdfunding are usually considered as disruptive innovators by other stakeholders. In this light, this research explores the role of e‐waste management solutions and the formulation of “message framing” in influencing consumer behaviours in crowdfunding contexts. To do this, this study involves an in‐depth investigation of fund‐raising campaigns focused on e‐waste, which were promoted between 2009 and 2020, through Kickstarter's reward‐based crowdfunding platform. The results show that environmentally sustainable projects focused on waste reduction and pollution prevention are generating increased funds and triggering the interest of a number of crowd investors who are willing to finance such laudable initiatives. At the same time, the findings suggest that the fundraisers' elaborate framing messages on environmental protection and on the preservation of the natural eco‐systems can increase the likelihood of the success of their crowdfunding projects. This contribution contributes to both environmental management and to the crowdfunding literature. In conclusion, it offers practical implications for sustainable entrepreneurs who may resort to crowdfunding platforms to raise finance to decrease the accumulation of e‐waste from the planet, as well as for other stakeholders including governments, policymakers, and public agencies.

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An integrated product modularity method based on transfer network of failure mode‐recycling decision for remanufacturing

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You

Zhou

et al. 2020

Concurrency and Computation

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The product modularity has an important influence on the whole product life cycle. In order to improve product recovery of a used product at the end‐of‐life stage, it is imperative to develop modular product architecture with remanufacturing strategies consideration. In this paper, an integrated modular design method for green remanufacturing considering hierarchical structure of the product and fuzzy logic is proposed, and the modularity of the architecture from the viewpoint of product remanufacturing is assessed. The transfer network of failure mode‐recycling decision using BP neural network optimized by adaptive genetic algorithm is built. Design structure matrix is employed to represent the relationships between components, and the hierarchical structure of product modularity with functionality, physical connection as well as geometric position is constructed. The failure modes of used components are analyzed, and four modular drivers with remanufacturing strategies consideration, namely, recycling mode, component lifetime, material compatibility, and remanufacturing processability, are introduced to reconstruct the modular product architecture for remanufacturing. Finally, an example on the grab is provided to illustrate the proposed method for product modularity taking into account function, structure as well as remanufacturing characteristics.

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The role of modularity in sustainable design: A systematic review

Cited by 100 publications

References 81 publications

An Empirical Study on the Manufacturing Firm’s Strategic Choice for Sustainability in SMEs

An Empirical Study on the Manufacturing Firm’s Strategic Choice for Sustainability in SMEs

The role of electronic waste management solutions and message framing in influencing consumer behaviours: Exploring the crowdfunding context

An integrated product modularity method based on transfer network of failure mode‐recycling decision for remanufacturing

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