Multi-method simulation based tool to evaluate economic and environmental performance of circular product systems

Asif, Farazee Mohammad Abdullah; Lieder, Michael; Rashid, Amir

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.122

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“…A suitable design index approach is provided by Asif et al to conceptualize and assess economic and environmental impacts of circular product systems [2]. In this design index approach, physical lifetime and use lifetime of products are differentiated to consider possible end-of-life strategies on product level.…”

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“…In doing so, designers can create various design options through redesign of the washing machine which results in different numerical values for design Fig. 2 Examples of product attributes in case of "design as usual" and "design option A" based on [2] attributes. For each combination of design indices, the designer can roughly estimate the increase/decrease of cost and CO 2 impact in relation to the business as usual case.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this context, the design of closed-loop manufacturing systems capable of closing the loop by intention rather than by chance has received increasing attention [1,2]. However, to the largest extent so far, CE research has been carried out from the perspectives of end-of-life (EoL) waste, resource use, and Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00170-017-0610-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.…”

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Towards circular economy implementation in manufacturing systems using a multi-method simulation approach to link design and business strategy

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The recent circular economy movement has raised awareness and interest about untapped environmental and economic potential in the manufacturing industry. One of the crucial aspects in the implementation of circular or closedloop manufacturing approach is the design of circular products. While it is obvious that three post-use strategies, i.e., reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling, are highly relevant to achieve loop closure, it is enormously challenging to choose "the right" strategy (if at all) during the early design stage and especially at the single component level. One reason is that economic and environmental impacts of adapting these strategies are not explicit as they vary depending on the chosen business model and associated supply chains. In this scenario, decision support is essential to motivate adaptation of regenerative design strategies. The main purpose of this paper is to provide reliable decision support at the intersection of multiple lifecycle design and business models in the circular economy context to identify effects on cost and CO 2 emissions. The development of this work consists of a systematic method to quantify design effort for different circular design options through a multi-method simulation approach. The simulation model combines an agent-based product architecture and a discrete event closed-loop supply chain model. Feasibility of the model is tested using a case of a washing machine provided by Gorenje d.d. Firstly, design efforts for reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling are quantified. Secondly, cost and emissions of different design options are explored with different business model configurations. Finally, an optimization experiment is run to identify the most cost-effective combination of reused, remanufactured, and recycled components for a business model chosen on the basis of the explorative study results.

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Section: Product Design Indexmentioning

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Towards circular economy implementation in manufacturing systems using a multi-method simulation approach to link design and business strategy

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“…A diffusion process has been defined as "speed and degree with which new products, practices and ideas propagate through a society" [6]. As a secondary purpose, the output of this model creates demand streams based on new offerings which serves as input to another model focusing on supply chain scenarios in CE context and which has been carried out in parallel to the work presented in this paper [7]. The remainder of this paper is structured as follows:…”

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Towards Circular Economy implementation: an agent-based simulation approach for business model changes

Lieder

Asif

Rashid

2017

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This paper introduces an agent-based approach to study customer behavior in terms of their acceptance of new business models in Circular Economy (CE) context. In a CE customers are perceived as integral part of the business and therefore customer acceptance of new business models becomes crucial as it determines the successful implementation of CE. However, tools or methods are missing to capture customer behavior to assess how customers will react if an organization introduces a new business model such as leasing or functional sales. The purpose of this research is to bring forward a quantitative analysis tool for identifying proper marketing and pricing strategies to obtain best fit demand behavior for the chosen new business model. This tool will support decision makers in determining the impact of introducing new (circular) business models. The model has been developed using an agent-based modeling approach which delivers results based on socio-demographic factors of a population and customers' relative preferences of product attributes price, environmental friendliness and service-orientation. The implementation of the model has been tested using the practical business example of a washing machine. This research presents the first agent-based tool that can assess customer behavior and determine whether introduction of new business models will be accepted or not and how customer acceptance can be influenced to accelerate CE implementation. The tool integrates socio-demographic factors, product utility functions, social network structures and inter-agent communication in order to comprehensively describe behavior on individual customer level. In addition to the tool Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10458-017-9365-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. itself the results of this research indicates the need for systematic marketing strategies which emphasize CE value propositions in order to accelerate customer acceptance and shorten the transition time from linear to circular. Agent-based models are emphasized as highly capable to fill the gap between diffusion-based penetration of information and resulting behavior in the form of purchase decisions.

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“…Nonetheless, to ensure a CE solution can contribute positively to sustainability, it needs to be planned with sustainability considerations and intentions in mind [14] and assessed on its sustainability performance prior, during and after implementation [15]. So far, studies have concentrated on proposing methods to assess CE performance at a corporate level [16,17], at a product level [18,19] or at a material level [20]. However, due to the intrinsic focus of CE on value and material preservation [21], most of the proposed methods focus on measuring material consumption [22], with recycling being the most dominant CE strategy considered [23].…”

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A Procedure to Support Systematic Selection of Leading Indicators for Sustainability Performance Measurement of Circular Economy Initiatives

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Circular economy (CE) is considered a vital model to tackle resource scarcity and reduce waste by promoting strategies that redefine production and consumption systems. Industrial actors integrate CE principles in their strategic and operational practices to overcome these challenges, simultaneously aiming at enhancing their sustainability performance. Despite numerous frameworks to guide organizations in innovating towards CE, very few have embedded explicit sustainability considerations to assist practitioners in understanding the potential sustainability performance of the CE initiatives early in the development process. To assist a structured process of measuring sustainability performance, the main goal of this paper is to propose a procedure for a systematic selection of suitable leading performance indicators to support an informed sustainability-oriented decision-making process. To fulfill this aim, a hypothetical-deductive approach has been followed to, firstly, develop the selection procedure, and secondly, evaluate and improve it using a case study approach. The findings reveal that the procedure enables a systematic selection of relevant indicators by taking into account the manifold combinations of CE strategies and business processes, characteristics of the company and its sustainability objective. Different from many other approaches, the novelty lies in relying on a dynamic, as opposed to ‘prescriptive’, indicator selection process to induce learning about sustainability considerations significant for a particular CE initiative and corporate context.

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Multi-method simulation based tool to evaluate economic and environmental performance of circular product systems

Cited by 56 publications

References 32 publications

Towards circular economy implementation in manufacturing systems using a multi-method simulation approach to link design and business strategy

Towards circular economy implementation in manufacturing systems using a multi-method simulation approach to link design and business strategy

Towards Circular Economy implementation: an agent-based simulation approach for business model changes

A Procedure to Support Systematic Selection of Leading Indicators for Sustainability Performance Measurement of Circular Economy Initiatives

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