TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainability Assessment of Manufacturing Systems – A Review-Based Systematisation
AU - Schneider, Daniel
AU - Paul, Magdalena
AU - Vernim, Susanne
AU - Zaeh, Michael F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Socio-political and environmental factors are increasingly pushing companies worldwide towards more sustainable production. When considering whether to invest in new production systems, the question arises as to the expected increase in sustainability, i.e. the ecological, economic, and social properties of the system. It is, therefore, necessary to have appropriate methods for assessing the sustainability of manufacturing systems. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this publication presents and categorises current approaches for production-related sustainability assessment. The authors systematised existing approaches in three steps: First, the underlying methodological concept was analysed, differentiating material flow-based methods, indicator-based methods, and multicriteria-based methods. Second, the normative scope was assessed, i.e. the sustainability dimensions considered and the objective of the respective approaches. Lastly, the operational setting was evaluated, i.e. the company level at which the approach can be applied. Analysing the systematisation, an unequal distribution of assessment methods across the categories became noticeable. Few methods for system and cell level assessment were identified; in particular, a lack of social aspects is evident. Concluding, the authors propose future research in the field of manufacturing-related sustainability assessment.
AB - Socio-political and environmental factors are increasingly pushing companies worldwide towards more sustainable production. When considering whether to invest in new production systems, the question arises as to the expected increase in sustainability, i.e. the ecological, economic, and social properties of the system. It is, therefore, necessary to have appropriate methods for assessing the sustainability of manufacturing systems. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this publication presents and categorises current approaches for production-related sustainability assessment. The authors systematised existing approaches in three steps: First, the underlying methodological concept was analysed, differentiating material flow-based methods, indicator-based methods, and multicriteria-based methods. Second, the normative scope was assessed, i.e. the sustainability dimensions considered and the objective of the respective approaches. Lastly, the operational setting was evaluated, i.e. the company level at which the approach can be applied. Analysing the systematisation, an unequal distribution of assessment methods across the categories became noticeable. Few methods for system and cell level assessment were identified; in particular, a lack of social aspects is evident. Concluding, the authors propose future research in the field of manufacturing-related sustainability assessment.
KW - Assessment methods
KW - Literature review
KW - Manufacturing
KW - Sustainability
KW - Systematisation
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_117
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-90700-6_117
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85119416810
SN - 9783030906993
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 1023
EP - 1030
BT - Towards Sustainable Customization
A2 - Andersen, Ann-Louise
A2 - Andersen, Rasmus
A2 - Brunoe, Thomas Ditlev
A2 - Larsen, Maria Stoettrup Schioenning
A2 - Nielsen, Kjeld
A2 - Napoleone, Alessia
A2 - Kjeldgaard, Stefan
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference, CARV 2021 and 10th World Mass Customization and Personalization Conference, MCPC 2021
Y2 - 1 November 2021 through 2 November 2021
ER -