Managing complex products to support the circular economy

Tam, Edwin K. L.; Soulliere, Katie; Sawyer-Beaulieu, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.12.030

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“…Globally, several countries have implemented take‐back schemes for municipal solid waste, which coordinate collection, treatment, and remarketing of simple domestic waste materials like cardboard, plastic packaging, or beverage bottles. However, owing to the rising complexity of waste streams these schemes increasingly fail to achieve satisfying recovery rates (Gundupalli, Hait, & Thakur, 2017; Tam, Soulliere, & Sawyer‐Beaulieu, 2019). Therefore, more innovative treatment and remarketing systems are required to extract and retain more value than extant waste management systems (Parajuly et al, 2019).…”

Section: Mobilising Is Scholarship For a Cementioning

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Mobilising information systems scholarship for a circular economy: Review, synthesis, and directions for future research

Zeiss

Ixmeier²,

Recker

et al. 2020

Information Systems Journal

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One of today's grand societal challenges is to replace the current 'take-make-waste' economic model with a circular economic model that allows a gradual decoupling of economic activities from the consumption of finite virgin resources. While circular economy (CE) scholars have long lauded digital technologies such as sensors, distributed ledgers, or platforms as key enablers, our own community has not fully explored the potentials of information systems (IS) for a CE. Considering recent technological advances in software and hardware and our history of helping address wicked challenges, we believe the time is ripe to mobilise IS scholarship for a CE. Our findings from an interdisciplinary literature review show that research has primarily examined IS potentials for increasing efficiency of isolated intra-organisational processes while neglecting the larger sustainability potential of IS to establish circular material flows-that is, slow down and close material loops across entire product lifecycles. In response, we propose directions for IS research that develop our knowledge of how IS can help understand and enact circular material flows to intensify and extend use of products and components and recycle waste materials. Our directions offer pathways to building and evaluating the problem-solution pairing that could characterise a prolific CE-IS relationship.

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Section: Mobilising Is Scholarship For a Cementioning

confidence: 99%

Mobilising information systems scholarship for a circular economy: Review, synthesis, and directions for future research

Zeiss

Ixmeier²,

Recker

et al. 2020

Information Systems Journal

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“…(iii) Constraint (12): the total of the following: the proportion of recycled waste furniture that has been used in remanufacturing, the proportion of waste furniture that has been disassembled for reuse, and the proportion of waste furniture crushed for reuse should not exceed the overall proportion of recycled waste furniture, ≤ 1. (iv) Constraint (13) x i and d i are the fuzzy production volume of remanufactured furniture under waste furniture production programming and the fuzzy amount of reusable raw materials disassembled from waste furniture, respectively. ey are both affected by three fuzzy information factors: the degree of damage, the repair feasibility, and the market demand.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Tseng et al [11] indicated that there was interdependence and interrelationships among the attributes, along with a lack of operational, data-driven, and optimization solutions in supply chain networks to optimize efficiency. Tam et al [13] proposed waste materials needed to be efficiently returned for production, and the time-tested processes of reuse, recovery, and recycling (3Rs) were essential. e attributes were usually developed from qualitative information, and quantitative data were used in decision-making.…”

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Profit Maximization for Waste Furniture Recycled in Taiwan Using Cradle-to-Cradle Production Programming

Lin

Chen

Tseng

et al. 2020

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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This study proposes the use of cradle-to-cradle production programming for waste furniture and aims to achieve optimal efficiency by reusing waste furniture and maximizing the corresponding benefits so that the furniture industry is in line with cradle-to-cradle manufacturing. This study is increasingly important to manage products through a comprehensive green reverse logistics system that consists of three procedures, i.e., recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of waste items. This study proposes a mathematical formula to establish a cradle-to-cradle production programming model for waste furniture. The fuzzy set theory is used to define the attributes that reflect production and market demands such as degree of damage, technical feasibility, market demands, environmental protection laws and regulations, and environmental performance. In addition, particle swarm optimization is adopted to ascertain the optimal profit from waste furniture sales. Through situational simulations and analyses, the fuzzy set information from Taiwan, Germany, and China is compared. The result reveals that the qualitative information proposed has a significant impact on the profit of waste furniture reuse. The production model can effectively assist in the production programming of waste furniture, thereby optimizing profit for cradle-to-cradle production planning.

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“…A principal fase do planejamento dos resíduos futuros. EMF, 2015;GHISELLINI;CIALANI;ULGIATI, 2016;KIRCHHERR;REIKE;HEKKERT, 2017;JESUS et al, 2019;SUÁREZ-EIROA et al, 2019;VELENTURF et al, 2019;TAM;SOULLIERE;SAWYER-BEAULIEU, 2019;REIKE;VERMEULEN;WITJES, 2018;MORAGA et al, 2019 Equilíbrio e conservação do capital natural Estimular a regeneração do sistema por meio dos fluxos de nutrientes retornáveis ao sistema, sendo necessário o equilíbrio entre as taxas de extração do capital natural e a taxa de regeneração. Além da utilização de recursos renováveis -energias e materiais.…”

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“…Além da utilização de recursos renováveis -energias e materiais. EMF, 2015;GHISELLINI;CIALANI;ULGIATI, 2016;MURRAY;SKENE;HAYNES, 2017;MCLAUGHLIN;BÖRGER, 2018;KORHONEN et al, 2018;SUÁREZ-EIROA et al, 2019;JESUS et al, 2019;TAM;SOULLIERE;SAWYER-BEAULIEU, 2019;MORAGA et al, 2019 Gestão de materiais finitos…”

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Economia circular na indústria de mineração: barreiras para difusão da inovação ambiental

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Gostaria de agradecer à orientadora e professora Doutora Maria Tereza Saraiva de Souza pela paciência, compreensão, sabedoria e auxílio no desenvolvimento da concepção da dissertação, de modo a canalizar toda minha energia de forma calma e eficiente. Aos membros da banca examinadora, Dra. Susana Carla Farias Pereira e Prof. Dr. Jacques Demajorovic que muito gentilmente aceitaram participar da banca de defesa. Muito obrigada pelas contribuições. À Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-CAPES, pela oportunidade da bolsa de estudos concedida para a realização de um sonho, a finalização do Mestrado. O presente trabalho foi realizado com apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de

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Managing complex products to support the circular economy

Cited by 26 publications

References 2 publications

Mobilising information systems scholarship for a circular economy: Review, synthesis, and directions for future research

Mobilising information systems scholarship for a circular economy: Review, synthesis, and directions for future research

Profit Maximization for Waste Furniture Recycled in Taiwan Using Cradle-to-Cradle Production Programming

Economia circular na indústria de mineração: barreiras para difusão da inovação ambiental

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