TY - GEN
T1 - Towards Sustainability in Operations
T2 - 33rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2024
AU - Schneider, Daniel
AU - Prior, Robin
AU - Woerle, Markus
AU - Trattnig, Stephan
AU - Zaeh, Michael F.
AU - Reinhart, Gunther
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The imperative shift towards sustainable production is driven by both societal demands and increasingly stringent legislative measures, exemplified by the 2030 Paris climate targets. Manufacturing companies are compelled to develop and implement robust sustainability concepts to ensure economic success, enhance public image, and maintain competitiveness. This paper addresses the need for an approach to identify and integrate sustainability aspects into operational production management, an area currently lacking comprehensive methodologies. The research aims to fill this gap by proposing a four-part categorization scheme developed based on a qualitative research approach and international standards, focusing on sustainability’s ecological, economic, and social dimensions. Drawing from the triple bottom line perspective, the scheme encompasses sustainability aspects aligning with the Global Reporting Initiative standards. The proposed methodology provides manufacturing companies with a framework to simplify the complexity of sustainability aspects, facilitating their integration into operational production management. The developed methodology contributes to more sustainable production processes, enhancing long-term competitiveness. The methodology was prototypically applied to a company within the commercial vehicle sector to demonstrate practical applicability. Lastly, this research identifies areas for future exploration, offering proposals for research to advance sustainable production.
AB - The imperative shift towards sustainable production is driven by both societal demands and increasingly stringent legislative measures, exemplified by the 2030 Paris climate targets. Manufacturing companies are compelled to develop and implement robust sustainability concepts to ensure economic success, enhance public image, and maintain competitiveness. This paper addresses the need for an approach to identify and integrate sustainability aspects into operational production management, an area currently lacking comprehensive methodologies. The research aims to fill this gap by proposing a four-part categorization scheme developed based on a qualitative research approach and international standards, focusing on sustainability’s ecological, economic, and social dimensions. Drawing from the triple bottom line perspective, the scheme encompasses sustainability aspects aligning with the Global Reporting Initiative standards. The proposed methodology provides manufacturing companies with a framework to simplify the complexity of sustainability aspects, facilitating their integration into operational production management. The developed methodology contributes to more sustainable production processes, enhancing long-term competitiveness. The methodology was prototypically applied to a company within the commercial vehicle sector to demonstrate practical applicability. Lastly, this research identifies areas for future exploration, offering proposals for research to advance sustainable production.
KW - Commercial Vehicle Manufacturing
KW - Operational Management
KW - Sustainability Framework
KW - Sustainable Production
KW - Triple Bottom Line
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85213323577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-74485-3_38
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-74485-3_38
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85213323577
SN - 9783031744846
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 334
EP - 341
BT - Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
A2 - Wang, Yi-Chi
A2 - Chan, Siu Hang
A2 - Wang, Zih-Huei
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 23 June 2024 through 26 June 2024
ER -
