The emergence of sustainable manufacturing practices

Despeisse, Mélanie; Mbaye, Fatou; Ball, Peter D.; Levers, Andrew

doi:10.1080/09537287.2011.555425

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“…Current research in the areas of technologies for the production and management company systemic apparatus are increasingly linked to the productivity of resources, especially energy efficiency, and environmental assessment. Despite the growth in research on sustainable production, as well as efforts in the industrial sector, it is still difficult to find information on how to improve manufacturing operations and the cash flows of resources from the point of view of the producer [50].…”

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Industrial Ecology and Environmental Lean Management: Lights and Shadows

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Current industrial production is driven by increasing globalization, which has led to a steady increase in production volumes and complexity of products aimed at the pursuit of meeting the needs of customers. In this context, one of the main tools in the management of customer value is Lean Manufacturing or Production, though it is considered primarily as a set of tools to reduce the total cost of the resources needed to achieve such needs. This philosophy has recently been enriched in the literature with case studies that link Lean Management (LM) with the improvement of environmental sustainability. The consequence is an expansion of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); indeed, CIM, currently, combining and integrating the key business functions (e.g., business, engineering, manufacturing, and information management) with a view of the life cycle, does not highlight the strategic role of the environmental aspects. In order to deal with the increasingly rapid environmental degradation that is reflected in society, in terms of both economy and quality of life, Industrial Ecology (IE) introduced a new paradigm of principles and instruments of analysis and decision support (e.g., Life Cycle Assessment-LCA, Social Life Cycle Assessment -SLCA, Material Flow Account-MFA, etc.) that can be considered as the main basis for integrating the environmental aspects in each strategy, design, production, final product, and end of life management, through the re-engineering of processes and activities towards the development of an eco-industrial OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 6363 system. This paper presents the preliminary observations based on a analysis of both theories (LM-IE) and provides a possible assessment of the key factors relevant to their integration in a "lean environmental management", highlighting both positives (lights) and possible barriers (shadows).

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“…Operationalisation of these items is derived from previous literature which lends high validity to the results (see Table 1). Items representing SMP are adapted from Despeisse et al [8] and Rusinko [42]. The items reflect the use of energy, water and materials as well as reducing emissions and the waste of water and solids.…”

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“…[7], and identifying good practices of SM [8]. The environmental, economic and social effects of growing CO 2 emissions, waste in water, energy and natural resources, toxic materials and products, and so on, have enforced a new manufacturing philosophy that respects the direct and indirect impact of manufacturing activities on our planet as well as valuing the positive operational effects on cost, quality, adaptability and responsiveness of products and services.…”

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Impact of Competitive Capabilities on Sustainable Manufacturing Applications in Romanian SMEs from the Textile Industry

Ceptureanu

Bologa

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This paper examines the impact of competitive capabilities on sustainable manufacturing practices in Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises from the textile industry. We developed an econometric model based on previous research conducted by prestigious specialists and validated on a survey data from 221 Romanian small and medium enterprises from the textile industry. Our article proposes a number of implications to encourage entrepreneurs and managers from textile industry to engage in pro-environmental behaviour.

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“…Thus, manufacturing firms have implemented various sustainable practices to reduce carbon footprint, remain competitive and as an answer to the global concern of environmental degradation. Some of the practices are known as Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing (Despeisse et al, 2012), Lean Manufacturing (Vienazindiene and Ciarniene, 2013) and Green Manufacturing (Rusinko, 2007;Rehman and Shrivastava, 2013). The emergence of sustainable manufacturing practice (SMP) concept in manufacturing industry is the consequences of global development of sustainable practices, aimed at minimising the negative impacts of manufacturing activities to the environment.…”

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Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size

Roni

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The growing concern of the negative impact of manufacturing activities on triple bottom line has led researchers to embark on sustainable manufacturing study. Empirical evidence from previous research has demonstrated that sustainable manufacturing is a comprehensive strategy to minimize the negative impact to the environment. However, study on the link of sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance in Malaysia remains inconclusive, thus need for further investigation. Moreover, the possible explanation for the inconsistent relationship is due to the difference in firm size of manufacturing firms involved in sustainable manufacturing activities. This research intends to investigate the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between SM drivers and firm performance. Data was collected from selected industries in manufacturing firms in Malaysia and analyzed with SEM-AMOS. The empirical result revealed that firm size moderates the relationship between market forces and strategic leadership with firm performance. The relationships between policy and regulation and resource availability with firm performance were not significantly moderated by firm size. The results indicate that larger firms will experience a higher rate of firm performance as having advantage of firm size compared to smaller firms.

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The emergence of sustainable manufacturing practices

Cited by 188 publications

References 23 publications

Industrial Ecology and Environmental Lean Management: Lights and Shadows

Industrial Ecology and Environmental Lean Management: Lights and Shadows

Impact of Competitive Capabilities on Sustainable Manufacturing Applications in Romanian SMEs from the Textile Industry

Sustainable manufacturing drivers and firm performance: Moderating effect of firm size

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