Quality Assurance in Environmental Technology Verification (ETV): Analysis and Impact on the EU ETV Pilot Programme Performance

Molenda, Michał; Ratman-Kłosińska, Izabela

doi:10.2478/mspe-2018-0008

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“…EMAS organization are obliged to evaluate, report and improve their environmental performance. It supports application of suitable tools for improving environmental performance and provides publicly available information through the environmental statements which are obligatory (Szafraniec, 2018;Molenda & Ratman-Kłosińska, 2018). Recently, the European Commission has led to the integration of the circular economy concepts with the Best Available Techniques Reference Documents (BREFs).…”

Section: Emas As An Instrument Supporting Organization In the Transitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular economy performance of EMAS organizations in Poland based on an analysis of environmental statements

Janik

Szafraniec

2019

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering

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The transition from the linear model to the circular economy (CE) model is not an easy task and it requires constant monitoring of the achieved effects. Taking this fact into consideration, in January 2018 the European Union (EU) set 10 indicators to monitor and evaluate the main elements of the circular economy in the EU and its Member States. The list of indicators is short and it is based on the use of current available data. The monitoring results are intended to constitute the basis for setting new priorities towards the long-term goal of the circular economy. In case of companies there is still no framework for monitoring the effects of circular economy at micro level. In practice, various indicators for circularity assessment at micro level are available, but each of the indicators evaluates the complexity of circular economy to different extent. For this reason, there is a need to create a framework for monitoring the circular economy at company level, which would also be based on information already collected by the companies for the preparation of various environmental reports. Therefore, this article presents the results of review 66 environmental statements, which are prepared and updated annually by organizations participating in the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) system in Poland. On this basis, it was determined what circular economy information are already collected and reported by the companies and which information can be included in the framework of circular economy monitoring at company level in the future.

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Section: Emas As An Instrument Supporting Organization In the Transitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circular economy performance of EMAS organizations in Poland based on an analysis of environmental statements

Janik

Szafraniec

2019

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering

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“…Initially, the main purpose of these systems was mainly to focus on low production costs, and over time, also to improve the quality of products (Czaplicka-Kolarz K., Kruczek M., Burchart-Korol D., 2013;Despeisse et al, 2012). The changes that are taking place on global markets are related to the constantly growing variety of product ranges, as well as the multivariantity of manufactured products, but also the limited capacity of all production resources and legal regulations (Molenda M. & Ratman-Kłosińska 2018). These changes force producers to look for completely new solutions in the field of production management.…”

Section: Sustainable Productionmentioning

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Assessment of sustainable production practices. The case of company from metal industry

Hąbek¹,

Lechowicz²

2019

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering

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Production activities of companies significantly impact society and environment. It is high time to re-think many of industry’s practices and to change manufacturing processes in a way that allow the company to increase its competitiveness, while at the same time help to achieve sustainable growth. The sustainable production is a concept that is able to strengthen such transformation. The aim of this paper is to present empirical evidence of implementation of the sustainable production practices in the selected company from metal industry. The principles of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (LCSP) are used as a model to assess the main aspects of sustainable production in practices of the company. Empirical evidence shows that in each of the analysed issue some practices have been implemented, however there were identified some deficit areas. Therefore, at the end of the paper the improvements actions were proposed that could be implemented in the analysed company as part of the sustainable management programme.

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“…Defining quality for the management area, it is important to take into account the broadest possible range of customer needs and satisfaction. Therefore, quality is defined as a set of characteristics of product or service, which influence the level of customer satisfaction with established or suggested needs and as a whole the marketing, production, technical, product or service characteristics by which the product or service will largely satisfy customer expectations (Karaszewski & Skrzypczyńska, 2013, Cole, 1994, Molenda & Ratman-Kłosińska, 2018. Effective and well thought-out customer service enables existing businesses to gain and maintain consumer loyalty.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

New technologies and quality of customer service – case study

Midor

2019

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering

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Nowadays, companies are increasingly forced to fight against competition. The number of competitors on the market is constantly growing, and customer’s demands on the products offered by the companies are increasing. The role of customers on the market has changed in recent years. Customers are more active than before, i.e. they started to actively co-create value, so they stopped being passive to the purchase process. Organizations that make appropriate use of the increase in customer activity can count on large benefits for the company. One of the methods to increase competitiveness is continuous introduction of new technologies based on the Internet, which recently resulted in easier cooperation between customers and suppliers, making and settling transactions, coordination of orders in the supply chain thanks to e.g. solution supporting electronic exchange of EDI documents. Therefore, the development of information and communication technologies has significantly influenced the development of organization through its improvement. This paper presents the importance of new technologies for the customer that improve the process of its service in a selected clothing sales network in Poland.

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Quality Assurance in Environmental Technology Verification (ETV): Analysis and Impact on the EU ETV Pilot Programme Performance

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Circular economy performance of EMAS organizations in Poland based on an analysis of environmental statements

Circular economy performance of EMAS organizations in Poland based on an analysis of environmental statements

Assessment of sustainable production practices. The case of company from metal industry

New technologies and quality of customer service – case study

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