Remanufacturing of end-of-life products and parts is seen as a solution in the transition towards a circular economy. There are many proposed tools and methods to facilitate the application of this circular strategy, however, among them, there is a lack of support tools for practitioners that include multiple perspectives related to the value chain and circular economy. In fact, remanufacturing strategy, economic and environmental trade-offs, and circularity indicators are rarely integrated within one framework. In this paper, an approach is presented taking advantage of the state-of-the-art research on green profit model and circularity indicators; in other words, these tools are used together to unlock the circular potential in manufacturing practice. In this way, typical problems of production planning and control in remanufacturing processes are interconnected with the goals of sustainable development, also considering product design and end-of-life strategy choices. The presented framework represents a promising support to be used in industrial practice. A case study based on PV panel infrastructure allows a better comprehension of the research outputs and assesses the validity of the support provided by the framework in the deployment of circular economy strategies.
La rigenerazione di prodotti e parti a fine vita è vista come una soluzione nella transizione verso un'economia circolare. Ci sono molti strumenti e metodi proposti per facilitare l'applicazione di questa strategia circolare; tuttavia, mancano strumenti di supporto che includano più prospettive relative alla catena del valore e all'economia circolare stessa. Infatti, la strategia di rigenerazione, i trade-off economici e ambientali e gli indicatori di circolarità sono raramente integrati in un unico quadro. In questo lavoro viene presentato un approccio che sfrutta l'attuale ricerca sul green profit model e sugli indicatori di circolarità; ovvero questi strumenti vengono utilizzati insieme per liberare il potenziale circolare nel contesto industriale. I problemi tipici della pianificazione e del controllo della produzione nei processi di rigenerazione vengono interconnessi con gli obiettivi dello sviluppo sostenibile, considerando anche il design del prodotto e le scelte della strategia di fine vita. Il framework presentato rappresenta un supporto promettente da utilizzare nella pratica industriale. L’applicazione in un caso studio basato sull'infrastruttura per i pannelli fotovoltaici permette una migliore comprensione dei risultati della ricerca, e valuta la validità del supporto fornito dal framework nell'implementazione di questa strategia circolare.
Proposal of a strategic model to unlock the circular potential in industrial practice
Benini, Luca
2020/2021
Abstract
Remanufacturing of end-of-life products and parts is seen as a solution in the transition towards a circular economy. There are many proposed tools and methods to facilitate the application of this circular strategy, however, among them, there is a lack of support tools for practitioners that include multiple perspectives related to the value chain and circular economy. In fact, remanufacturing strategy, economic and environmental trade-offs, and circularity indicators are rarely integrated within one framework. In this paper, an approach is presented taking advantage of the state-of-the-art research on green profit model and circularity indicators; in other words, these tools are used together to unlock the circular potential in manufacturing practice. In this way, typical problems of production planning and control in remanufacturing processes are interconnected with the goals of sustainable development, also considering product design and end-of-life strategy choices. The presented framework represents a promising support to be used in industrial practice. A case study based on PV panel infrastructure allows a better comprehension of the research outputs and assesses the validity of the support provided by the framework in the deployment of circular economy strategies.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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