A Preparatory Approach to Environmental Assessment for Sustainable Mass Customization

Hänsch, Alena; Hora, Maike; Fontana, Alessandro; Hankammer, Stephan; Canetta, Luca; Gomez, Shirin

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77556-2_20

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“…To cater for this dissonance in importance and penetration of sustainability assessment in MC, Medini et al [19] propose an adjusted approach of the framework by Boer et al based on specific needs of the stakeholder to minimise the efforts needed to undertake the assessment. Hänsch et al [20] propose another method along the lines of simplification. Their SMC Excel Sustainability Approach explicitly only considers relevant deltas that occur with MC and thus save time.…”

Section: Sustainable Mass Customisation and Mass Personalisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Betten et al [23] describe and exemplarily apply the concept of using LCA to support product developers with the design of a new car component based on information about the use phase behaviour of potential users. The approach is similar to the one described by Hänsch et al [20] as it also assesses changes in the product life cycle instead of absolute values. All the described methods, concepts and technologies can be applied to MC/MP to improve different aspects.…”

Section: Sustainable Mass Customisation and Mass Personalisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental Sustainability in the Context of Mass Personalisation – Quantification of the Carbon Footprint with Life Cycle Assessment

Briem¹,

Betten²,

Held³

et al. 2019

Int J Ind Eng Manag

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Driven by individualisation as a trend and enabled by new production technologies and increasing digitalisation, mass customisation (MC) and mass personalisation (MP) open up new possibilities to address user demands much better. However, the sustainability achievements of current manufacturing technology could be compromised by this trend as variability in environmental impacts increases. Small lot sizes are likely to increase per piece manufacturing efforts, and reusability and recyclability might be limited. Nevertheless, personalised products can address user demands much better and hold great sustainability potential as well. In order to manage these risks and potentials, sustainability assessments are necessary. This paper first provides a short overview of the current state of sustainability assessment in the field based on existing literature and the current discussion in the scientific community. To contribute to filling the existing gap in the application of sustainability assessments by providing further quantitative results, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is applied to two conceptual MC/MP examples. Operationalised by the carbon footprint, the environmental impacts of customer choices are quantified for the analysed scenarios. The examples are within the field of mobility, one examining return logistics of personalised consumer products, the other analysing lowcarbon vehicle choices based on individual driving behaviour. The aim of this paper is to contribute to embedding LCA as a methodology for the assessment of environmental sustainability in the area of MC and MP and add qualitative assessment to support existing sustainability frameworks in the field.

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Section: Sustainable Mass Customisation and Mass Personalisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainable Mass Customisation and Mass Personalisationmentioning

confidence: 99%