PSS solution evaluation considering sustainability under hybrid uncertain environments

Chen, Dongping; Chu, Xuening; Yang, Xiao‐Yang; Sun, Xiaomin; Li, Yupeng; Su, Yuliang

doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2015.04.003

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“…The study utilized two types of linguistic variables, and according to the rating values of the linguistic terms, the opinions of experts were transformed into their equivalent fuzzy numbers, as presented in Table 2 [34]. Sustainability factors/criteria (qualitative/quantitative) identification and assessment problems are usually difficult to manage due to the presence of complexity along with a series of uncertainties and vagueness [35]. To overcome these challenges, this study utilized a fuzzy approach by considering expert opinions in the form of linguistic variables.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ergonomics-Based Factors or Criteria for the Evaluation of Sustainable Product Manufacturing

2019

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The issue of sustainability has received substantial attention internationally. It is spreading widely through policy, industry, commerce, research, academia, and other arenas. However, most previous studies on product sustainability were conducted based on a consideration of environmental protection, economic prosperity, and social wellbeing criteria, but there was less representation of specific social wellbeing criteria. The main objective of this study was to formulate well-defined ergonomics-based criteria for product sustainability evaluation and to validate the importance of the identified factors using a fuzzy Delphi method. In this paper, ergonomics-based product sustainability factors are organized by sustainability categories and grouped into employee wellbeing, the economy, and the environment. In the context of manufacturing, evaluating product sustainability from an ergonomics perspective provides more comprehensive social dimension criteria by addressing human characteristics, behavior, performance, human interaction with a product, workplace, working environment, and the product across its life cycle. In addition, a Delphi questionnaire, designed with a nine-point scale, was applied to obtain expert opinions on the importance of each factor; the opinions were combined for each factor by considering the degree of importance assigned to the experts, and the similarities and differences between expert opinions. Finally, high-priority factors were screened from the sustainability categories based on their respective threshold value. Knowing these high-priority factors will help manufacturing industries allocate their resources accordingly for sustainability improvement.

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Ergonomics-Based Factors or Criteria for the Evaluation of Sustainable Product Manufacturing

2019

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“…In order to deal with the inherent complexity of the design task, several PSS design guidelines and tools have been developed over recent years (Tukker and Tischner ; Manzini and Vezzoli ; Ceschin ; Chen et al. ; Bey and McAloone ; Morelli ; Pigosso and McAloone ), aiming to support the development of sustainable PSS.…”

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Product/Service‐Systems for a Circular Economy: The Route to Decoupling Economic Growth from Resource Consumption?

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Pigosso

Niero

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J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary Product/service‐systems (PSS) that focus on selling service and performance instead of products are often mentioned as means to realize a circular economy (CE), in which economic growth is decoupled from resource consumption. However, a PSS is no implicit guarantee for a CE, and CE strategies do not necessarily lead to decoupling economic growth from resource consumption in absolute terms. Absolute resource decoupling only occurs when the resource use declines, irrespective of the growth rate of the economic driver. In this forum paper, we propose a two‐step framework that aims to support analyses of PSS and their potential to lead to absolute resource decoupling. In the first step, we present four PSS enablers of relative resource reduction that qualify as CE strategies. In the second step, three subsequent requirements need to be met, in order to successfully achieve absolute resource decoupling. Conditions and limitations for this accomplishment are discussed. Danish textile cases are used to exemplify the framework elements and its application. We expect that the framework will challenge the debate on the necessary conditions for CE strategies to ensure absolute resource decoupling.

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“…PSS can be described as the result of products and services integration for the purpose of increasing value for customers [3]. PSS is an inherently dynamic, multi-dimensional concept as it is referred by [4] and [5], including various actors [6], presenting uncertainties in its design [7], rendering its evaluation a challenging task. Furthermore, the evaluation becomes even more challenging due to the interrelated structure of stakeholders who have a long-term relationship and communication with each other [8], [3].…”

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“…Academic community has long been aware of the importance of evaluation in the PSS development stages [9], but as initially indicated by [8], later by [10], and more recently by [11], the evaluation of PSS is still an immature field with few concrete results and approaches. Considering the substantial differences between products and services, the concept of PSS evaluation differs from conventional evaluation problems due to the existing interdependencies, since product and service activities interact and influence each other [7]. Additionally, the relationships among the evaluation criteria of the PSS concept are much more complicated than those of pure products or services [5].…”

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Metrics definition for the product-service system complexity within mass customization and industry 4.0 environment

Mourtzis

Fotia

Boli

2017

2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC)

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The design and evaluation of Product-Service Systems (PSS) constitute a challenging problem due to its multidimensionality. This challenge becomes bigger when the PSS customization is required, within the new manufacturing paradigm of Industry 4.0. Nevertheless, the literature work regarding the customization of PSS and the PSS investigation within the Industry 4.0 is rare. Towards bridging these gaps, the present research work proposes a methodology for the quantification of PSS customization complexity, considering Industry 4.0 aspects. The proposed metrics are validated in different product-service scenarios.

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PSS solution evaluation considering sustainability under hybrid uncertain environments

Cited by 48 publications

References 64 publications

Ergonomics-Based Factors or Criteria for the Evaluation of Sustainable Product Manufacturing

Ergonomics-Based Factors or Criteria for the Evaluation of Sustainable Product Manufacturing

Product/Service‐Systems for a Circular Economy: The Route to Decoupling Economic Growth from Resource Consumption?

Metrics definition for the product-service system complexity within mass customization and industry 4.0 environment

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