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Circularity Practices in Manufacturing: A Study of the 20 Largest Manufacturing Companies in Sweden
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design, JTH, Produktionsutveckling.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0962-7996
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Supply Chain and Operations Management. Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design, JTH, Produktionsutveckling.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9800-4840
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design, JTH, Produktionsutveckling.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7923-6301
2022 (English)In: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. / [ed] D. Y. Kim, G. von Cieminski and D. Romero, Springer, 2022, Vol. 663, p. 399-407Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]

In line with the accelerating global warming crisis, the concept of circular economy (CE), wherein the utilization and lifetimes of resources and materials are maximised, has gained a significant increase in attention. For manufacturing companies, adapting to a CE is particularly important due to high CO2-e emissions. In order to increase the knowledge regarding how manufacturing companies have adapted to a CE, sustainability reports wherein the companies themselves report upon their circularity practices can be examined. This study has aimed at investigating the publicly available sustainability reports of the 20 largest manufacturing companies in Sweden, with the purpose of identifying which, and on what level of implementation, circularity practices are mentioned. The 10R framework was used as a foundation for categorizing and analysing the identified circularity practices. The findings in this study include a total of 38 unique circularity practices, whereas 13 are categorized as visioned or planned, and 36 are categorized as ongoing or already realised circularity practices. The circularity practices were primarily related to reducing, reusing, and recycling. Suggestions of further research include elaborately describing the circularity practices as well as further exploring the implementation of repairing, refurbishing and remanufacturing amongst manufacturing companies.

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Springer, 2022. Vol. 663, p. 399-407
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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, ISSN 1868-4238, E-ISSN 1868-422X ; 663
Keywords [en]
Industrial research, Life cycle, Manufacture, Sustainable development, Circular economy, Circularity, Circularity practice, Manufacturing, Manufacturing companies, Sustainability report, Global warming, Circularity practices, Sustainability
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Environmental Management
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58831DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16407-1_47Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85140454617ISBN: 978-3-031-16406-4 (print)ISBN: 978-3-031-16407-1 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58831DiVA, id: diva2:1709334
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IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2022 Gyeongju 25 September 2022 through 29 September 2022
Available from: 2022-11-08 Created: 2022-11-08 Last updated: 2023-09-13Bibliographically approved
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1. On circularity in production systems: Exploring the realization through circularity practices
Open this publication in new window or tab >>On circularity in production systems: Exploring the realization through circularity practices
2023 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The manufacturing industry stands in front of huge challenges. Negative environmental impacts must be drastically reduced and new sustainable products must be introduced at an accelerating pace. Coping with these challenges are significant in order to deal with the increasingly emerging climate crisis. To slow down the climate crisis, the approach of circularity wherein the utilization and lifetimes of resources and materials are maximised with the aim to achieve a near perpetual closed material loop has gained a significant increase in attention. However, most research within circularity has emphasised on the product, especially practices occurring after being produced. A seldomly studied perspective involves exploring the realization of circularity within the production system. A clear description is lacking regarding what circularity in production systems actually constitutes of, and how this can be realized. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to expand the knowledge regarding the realization of circularity in production systems. To fulfil the purpose, this research was initiated by a literature review and a document study, which were conducted in order to describe which circularity practices exist in production systems, both form an academic and practical point of view. Subsequently were workshops with industrial experts within production systems held in order to identify challenges with realizing circularity in production systems. The literature review, document study, and workshops laid the foundation for support development, which was the final phase in the thesis. This included supporting the longevity of production systems by adopting circularity theories to cover production system, as well as investigating how to analyse and evaluate circularity in production systems. The results from this were incorporated in a conceptual framework for circular production systems and in a tool for rapid assessment of circularity in production systems.

Abstract [sv]

Tillverkningsindustrin står inför enorma utmaningar. Miljöpåverkan måste drastiskt minska och nya hållbara produkter måste introduceras i allt snabbare takt. Att hantera dessa utmaningar är betydande för att hantera den alltmer framväxande klimatkrisen. För att bromsa klimatkrisen har cirkularitet, där utnyttjandet och livslängden för resurser och material maximeras med målet att uppnå en nästan evig sluten materialslinga, fått en betydande uppmärksamhet. Hittills har forskning inom cirkularitet fokuserat på produkterna som tillverkas, framför allt under användningen av produkten. Ett sällan studerat perspektiv innebär att undersöka hur cirkularitet i produktionssystem kan uppnås. En tydlig beskrivning saknas gällande vad cirkularitet i produktionssystem egentligen innebär och hur detta kan realiseras. Därför är syftet med denna avhandling att utöka kunskapen om realiseringen av cirkularitet i produktionssystem. För att uppfylla syftet initierades denna forskning av en litteraturgenomgång och en dokumentstudie. Dessa genomfördes för att beskriva arbetssätt kopplat till realiseringen av cirkularitet inom produktionssystem, både från en akademisk och praktisk ståndpunkt. Vidare hölls även workshops med experter inom produktionssystem för att identifiera utmaningar med att uppnå cirkularitet inom produktionssystem. Litteraturgenomgången, dokumentstudien och workshops lade grunden för stödutveckling, som var den sista fasen i avhandlingen. Denna inkluderade att stödja produktionssystemens livslängd genom att anpassa existerande teorier om cirkularitet till produktionssystem, samt att undersöka hur man analyserar och utvärderar cirkularitet i produktionssystem. Resultaten från detta införlivades i ett konceptuellt ramverk för cirkulära produktionssystem och i ett verktyg för snabb utvärdering av cirkularitet i produktionssystem.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Engineering, 2023. p. 69
Series
JTH Dissertation Series ; 081
Keywords
circularity, circular economy, production systems, circularity practices, manufacturing, industry, reconfigurability, sustainability, cirkularitet, cirkulär ekonomi, produktionssystem, tillverkning, industri, rekonfigurerbarhet, hållbarhet
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62443 (URN)978-91-87289-95-8 (ISBN)978-91-87289-96-5 (ISBN)
Presentation
2023-10-12, E1405, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, Jönköping, 10:15 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2023-09-13 Created: 2023-09-13 Last updated: 2023-09-13Bibliographically approved

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