A PLM Vision for Circular Economy

Oliveira, Sofia Freitas de; Soares, António Lucas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65151-4_52

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“…The transition towards CM involves the entire organization and implies an orchestration with the whole ecosystem [114]. Manufacturers, through the gathering of the right data and information, are facilitated in managing more effectively the circular requirements that might arise along the product lifecycle [115]. On one side, this SLR showed a high correlation among the data and information necessary to adopt each strategy, strengthening the possibility to exploit the same data for the concurrent adoption of different CM strategies in embracing CM.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review on Data and Information Required for Circular Manufacturing Strategies Adoption

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In the extant literature, circular economy (CE) is considered a driver for sustainable development of the manufacturing sector, being it an industrial paradigm aiming at regenerating resources. CE is transferred to manufacturing companies through the adoption of different Circular Manufacturing (CM) strategies (e.g., recycling, remanufacturing, etc.). Nowadays, manufacturers are struggling to implement these strategies to limit their resource consumption and pollution generation. To enable their adoption, the extant literature unveiled the importance to control along the entire value chain different types of resource flows (i.e., material, energy, and information). Nevertheless, while for material and energy management some advancements were achieved, information management and sharing remains one of the major barriers in adopting these strategies. The present work, through a systematic literature review, aims to identify the relevant information and data required to support the manufacturer’s decision process in adopting and managing the different CM strategies to pursue the transition towards CM. Furthermore, based on the results obtained, this research proposes a theoretical framework. It elucidates the four main areas to be managed by manufacturers in adopting CM strategies and it provides to the manufacturer an overview of what should be updated and upgraded inside the company to embrace CM strategies.

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“…The next more general perspective, which still remains within the boundaries of the organisation, is the business model supporting CE, which can be called a circular business model (Bressanelli, Adrodegari, Perona, & Saccani, 2018a;Garcia-Muina et al, 2018;Nascimento et al, 2019). Crossing the organisational boundaries leads to sustainable supply chains (Manavalan & Jayakrishna, 2019;Martín-Gomez, Aguayo-Gonzalez, & Luque, 2019;Rajput & Singh, 2019a) and product life management (de Oliveira & Soares, 2017;Kuo-Yi Lin, 2018). A more general issue appearing in the analysed papers is the conceptual model of merging Industry 4.0 and CE (Okorie et al, 2018;Ming-Lang Tseng et al, 2018) and the barriers to and limitations of CE and Industry 4.0 (Cezarino et al, 2019;Rajput & Singh, 2019b).…”

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Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: One-Way or Two-way Relationships?

Ćwiklicki

Wojnarowska

2020

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The ability of Industry 4.0 to help solve complex economic and social problems and implement complex concepts is assessed. Currently, one of the greatest challenges is the integration of the circular economy (CE) into real business practices. However, the link between these two ideas is not fully recognised, causing an interpretative dilemma. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the relationships between the CE and Industry 4.0. For this purpose, we performed a systematic literature review and content analysis of selected articles indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and EBSCO. In total, 32 papers published during the period 2017-2020 were analysed. The findings show a one-way relationship, i.e., Industry 4.0 leads to a CE, and a two-way relationship, indicating synergy between these concepts. The key spheres of the CE in terms of Industry 4.0 are the recycle and reuse strategy applied in smart production and a sustainable supply chain. This study demonstrates the importance of company (micro) and industry (meso) levels as application areas. The most promising digitalisation tools of Industry 4.0 are the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data Analytics. The article concludes with the limitations of the study and a formulation of directions for future research.

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“…So far, researchers have tried to answer how PLM solutions can be extended to support CE concepts (how to upgrade existing PLM to provide functionality that is in line with the CE concept) [21,22]. Others were tackling technical aspects of CE implementation, e.g., by analyzing the role of ICT enabling CE based on PLM systems to identify challenges and opportunities [23].…”

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“…It is defined as a business strategy to build and maintain a product-oriented knowledge environment to integrate people, processes, resources, and information. The PLM environment enables collaboration between multiple product stakeholders throughout its lifecycle [21].…”

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“…Companies manage products from the cradle to the grave as part of their PLM strategy following a linear model where products are developed, manufactured, used, and disposed. However, environmental challenges such as loss of biodiversity, water, air, soil pollution, and particularly reducing natural resources, increasingly threaten Earth's life support systems, necessitating a transformation to more sustainable paradigms, e.g., Circular Economy [21].…”

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PLM Solutions in the Process of Supporting the Implementation and Maintenance of the Circular Economy Concept in Manufacturing Companies

Cholewa

Minh²

2021

Sustainability

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The Circular Economy (CE) is a priority topic for various stakeholders such as politicians, scientists, and industry. However, despite the significant interest in CE, there is still a lack of a framework explaining how manufacturing companies willing to become circular adapt their existing business model. The concept of this work is based on the use of Information Technologies such as the well-known and long-proven Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions in the implementation and maintenance of the CE concept to reduce the consumption of primary raw materials, increase employment rates, and reduce environmental damage. This paper aims to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using the PLM approach to implement the CE concept. The authors selected the most common and effective PLM functionalities and then assessed them to support selected components of the CE concept using qualitative and quantitative methods. The performed assessment and the inter-relation matrix of benefits developed on its basis allowed for pointing out the feature combinations that would bring the best outcome. The conducted study proved that the implemented and properly working PLM solution could simultaneously support CE concepts. PLM functionalities such as (1) product development, (2) transparency, and (3) value-maximizing with the combination of CE functional areas of (1) personalization, (2) made to order, and support turned out to be particularly effective. This study contributes to ensuring an effective and quick process of implementing CE concept in manufacturing companies and moreover opens further research ideas in bringing the Circular Economy to life.

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A PLM Vision for Circular Economy

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

A Systematic Literature Review on Data and Information Required for Circular Manufacturing Strategies Adoption

A Systematic Literature Review on Data and Information Required for Circular Manufacturing Strategies Adoption

Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: One-Way or Two-way Relationships?

PLM Solutions in the Process of Supporting the Implementation and Maintenance of the Circular Economy Concept in Manufacturing Companies

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