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- Despeisse, Mélanie, 1985, et al.
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Battery Production Systems: State of the Art and Future Developments
- 2023
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Ingår i: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. - 1868-4238 .- 1868-422X. ; 692, s. 521-535
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper discusses the state of the art in battery production research, focusing on high-importance topics to address industrial needs and sustainability goals in this rapidly growing field. We first present current research around three themes: human-centred production, smart production management, and sustainable manufacturing value chains. For each theme, key subtopics are explored to potentially transform battery value chains and shift to more sustainable production models. Such systemic transformations are supported by technological advances to enable superior manufacturing performance through: skills and competence development, improved production ergonomics and human factors, automation and human-robot collaboration, smart production planning and control, smart maintenance, data-driven solutions for production quality and its impact on battery performance (operational efficiency and durability), circular battery systems supported by service-based business models, more integrated and digitalized value chains, and increased industrial resilience. Each subtopic is discussed to suggest directions for further research to realise the full potential of digitalization for sustainable battery production.
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- Despeisse, Mélanie, 1985, et al.
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A systematic review of empirical studies on green manufacturing: eight propositions and a research framework for digitalized sustainable manufacturing
- 2022
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Ingår i: Production and Manufacturing Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2169-3277. ; 10:1, s. 727-759
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Manufacturers are facing increasing pressures to adapt their operations to meet sustainability goals. Research and developments on industrial digitalization (aka Industry 4.0) present new opportunities to create and capture value in ever-more complex and connected industrial systems. However, digitalization does not always align with sustainability, and case studies combining these two topics are still scarce. To address these gaps, we adopted a bottom-up approach to (1) identify existing environmental solutions and their implementation challenges by reviewing 208 empirical studies, and (2) formulate eight propositions to guide further work so that digitalization supports environmental improvements more systematically. Finally, a framework for Digitalized Sustainable Manufacturing consisting of four research themes is proposed, pointing to future research needed to align industrial development with sustainable development goals. The propositions and framework aim to structure and focus future research by targeting specifically the challenges encountered when implementing environmental solutions in manufacturing.
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- Despeisse, Mélanie, 1985, et al.
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Achieving Circular and Efficient Production Systems : Emerging Challenges from Industrial Cases
- 2021
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Ingår i: Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. - Cham : Springer. - 1868-4238 .- 1868-422X. - 9783030859091 - 9783030859121 - 9783030859107 ; , s. 523-533
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- As the need for more responsible production and consumption grows quickly, so does the interest in the concepts of eco-efficiency and circularity. To make swift progress towards sustainability, solutions must be developed and deployed at scale. It is therefore critical to understand the challenges faced by industry to accelerate the uptake of best practices for circular and efficient production systems. This paper presents the emerging issues from three industrial pilots in an on-going collaborative project. We discuss and suggest further work around crucial questions such as: How to deploy circular solutions from lab to industrial scale? How can digitalization support efficient circular processes?.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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Achieving Sustainable Manufacturing by Embedding Sustainability KPIs in Digital Twins
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference. - 0891-7736. ; 2022-December, s. 1683-1694
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The manufacturing industry requires highly flexible and dynamic production lines that shift from conventional mass production to cover the requirements and fulfill demands. Customized production may reduce production waste but has not been studied to a wide extent. The advancement of digital technologies, e.g., Digital Twins, enable factories to collect real-time data. Also, they can enable remote monitoring of the production processes by establishing bi-directional flows of data between the physical and virtual spaces. This study draws its sight to the potential of digital manufacturing to improve sustainability in production systems by making use of Digital Twins. This research work performs a literature review and identifies suitable KPIs for a DES model and evaluates the impact in a drone factory in four scenarios that test final assembly processes. The findings of this work can pose a first step toward the future development of a digital twin.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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Advancing sustainability through digital servitization: An exploratory study in the maritime shipping industry
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Cleaner Production. - : Elsevier Ltd. - 0959-6526 .- 1879-1786. ; 436
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Global businesses are transforming towards capturing more value from services, a business model transition called servitization. Digital servitization can help create and maintain a competitive advantage, as well as offering opportunities to tackle major challenges related to environmental pressures and rapidly changing market conditions. This study aims to bridge the gap between the theory of digital servitization and its implementation in the maritime shipping sector. This paper presents a multi-case study that explores the status, perceived challenges, and enablers for the adoption of digital servitization. Empirical data were collected from interviews with 13 companies and analyzed using the PESTEL and DPSIR frameworks. The results are presented across three categories based on the PESTEL framework: organizational context, global priorities, and sustainability. This study contributes to theory by providing empirical insights from the status of digital servitization in the maritime shipping industry. Also, it identifies challenges and needs that can support the transition towards digital servitization and the development of more sustainable solutions. Future research avenues are suggested to advance digital servitization in other industrial sectors.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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Analyzing the risks of digital servitization in the machine tool industry
- 2023
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Ingår i: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. - : Elsevier BV. - 0736-5845. ; 82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The machine tool industry plays a major role in the execution of high-quality and efficient complex manufacturing processes. The adoption of digital technologies can transform production systems into more connected, adaptive, efficient, and potentially sustainable systems. A key enabler of this transformation is servitization, a business model that builds on digitalization and data capture to deliver value through services. Digital services for machine tools typically use data obtained through highly connected manufacturing environments, providing visibility of complex lifecycles, and enabling better decision-making. However, an understanding of digital servitization to support the machine tools industry is still emerging and for most industrial actors the potential risks are unclear. The findings of this study describe potential applications of digital servitization in the machine tool industry, synthesize the identified risks from practitioners’ perspectives, and provide mitigation and contingency activities. This study contributes to bridging the gap between theory and practice by clarifying companies’ needed considerations before implementing digital services in the machine tool industry.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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Circular lean product-service systems design: A literature review, framework proposal and case studies
- 2019
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Ingår i: Procedia CIRP. - : Elsevier BV. - 2212-8271. ; 83, s. 419-424
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, the Service Sector has received an increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. The transition from traditional manufacturing to service-oriented integrated systems has given rise to the such called: “Servitisation Revolution”, which today is a relevant revenue generator. The definition of “Product-Service Systems (PSS)” calls for an expanded value creation system through the addition of competitive advantages based on value-added services to previous companies' pure product offerings. These product-services bundled solutions have been recognized as being one of the most efficient techniques towards the achievement of resource-efficient and sustainable economies. PSS paradigm has grown beyond expectations, becoming a common term among publications of the most recognized academic journals and international conferences, and a highly discussed topic across a broad range of industrial sectors. However, recent trends based on scientific and grey literature suggest analysing the compatibility of PSS with other principles, methods and tools such as “circular” and “lean” thinking, which may help to enhance the intrinsic environmentally sustainability advantage that is refer at the first PSS definitions, but that has, unfortunately, faded through time. This paper analyses how the PSS paradigm can benefit from the “circular economy” and “lean” principles. The followed research methodology included a literature review, which aims to identify those principles, methods and tools which can help to modify each stage of a traditional PSS towards a Circular Lean PSS. Furthermore, a first Circular Lean PSS Design Framework is proposed and described. This framework is validated empirically through two case studies supported by two vessel-building companies. Further research is suggested to validate the proposed framework in different industries.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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Finding and Capturing Value in e-Waste for Refrigerators Manufacturers and Recyclers
- 2020
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Ingår i: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1868-4238 .- 1868-422X. ; 591 IFIP, s. 505-512
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In today’s highly competitive world, companies need to rethink how they create and capture value at all stages of their offering’s lifecycle. A major challenge is to integrate sustainability as a core source of value creation in their business model rather than as an add-on. E-Waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams globally, and its value is still largely uncaptured. Urban communities generate high environmental and health impacts due to the e-waste produced by households. This paper aims to evaluate the value retained in refrigerators’ components at their end-of-life. This research work presents findings on how recyclers identify, categorise, and capture value from e-waste. Although we focus on refrigerators recyclers, the results could motivate refrigerators manufacturers to collaborate with recyclers for a more circular economy.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994, et al.
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State-of-the-art on product-service systems and digital technologies
- 2021
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Ingår i: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management. - Singapore : Springer Singapore. - 2194-055X .- 2194-0541. ; , s. 71-88
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Digitalization has undoubtedly revolutionized the way businesses think, plan and operate. This transition finds origin in the dramatic increase in demand of digital solutions, from those that target every day activities to highly-specific manufacturing processes. The last decades have been characterized for having both researchers and practitioners join efforts to innovate through solutions that are smarter, more productive and more efficient. This constant effort has accompanied the appearance of other impactful phenomena, often considered as a new industrial revolution. In a historically parallel line, companies made leaps towards exploring alternative ways to organize their business structure and relate to their customers. So is the case of Product-Service Systems (PSS), which have called for increased attention in the last years due to the extensive opportunities they offer. Recent literature raises the question of which and how sustainability advantages can be derived from PSS implementation. This study aims to understand the interactions of digital technologies and PSS through a state-of-the-art review. The authors have identified that academic literature encounters the challenge of finding digital technologies under a large cloud of different terminologies, which complicates systematization. Therefore, increased efforts will be applied to clarify the area of study and provide novel insights and results. This process will include the dissemination of enablers, constrains and possible effects of integrating digital technologies with PSS. The authors aim to contribute to the on-going discussion regarding the relationship between PSS and sustainability, specifically in applications that have high impacts, such as digital technologies.
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- González Chávez, Clarissa Alejandra, 1994
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Sustainability-as-a-Service: Advancing digital servitization for industrial sustainability
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The expectations and requirements of companies in today’s world are higher than ever. With the increased urgency of achieving long-term sustainability, companies are increasingly exploring new business models that combine increasing digital capabilities with reaching sustainability objectives. And they are doing so from an economic, environmental and social perspective. Digital servitization is an excellent alternative with which to explore and expand offerings portfolios and connect entire value chains. Furthermore, sustainability can be conceptualised as a main source of value. Therefore, this thesis proposes the advancement of the term “Sustainability-as-a-Service”. This thesis presents six studies, mostly based on data from case studies conducted in different industrial sectors and exploring the challenges faced in adopting digital servitization models. The challenges presented cover economic, technical, organisational, contextual and support-related factors, which were identified across the theoretical and empirical findings. From an economic perspective, they reflect concerns about shifting responsibilities when servitizing and a lack of understanding of the value of data. From a technical perspective, recurrent challenges included varying levels of digital maturity across value chains and technology adoption in companies whose products have long lifecycles. From an organisational perspective, the risk-aversion perceived in some industries seems to hinder openness towards data sharing. Regarding contextual factors, existing regulations and a lack of standardisation limit the interoperability of systems required for digital servitization. Lastly, there is an apparent lack of support (such as frameworks and methods) that successfully integrates sustainability at the core of the value proposition for digital servitization. This research also generates a list of requirements for Sustainability-as-a-Service. These requirements are categorised in a proposed framework, which includes: (i) value chain, (ii) company, (iii) overarching elements, including external factors, technology enablers and organisational skills and (iv) considered stakeholders. These dimensions include the actions proposed for industrial transitions towards Sustainability-as-a-Service. Finally, the proposed framework is evaluated empirically to establish the validity of its theoretical and practical contributions. The outcomes of this research advance theory by identifying the challenges and requirements at the intersection of sustainability, servitization and digitalization. Furthermore, it can support industrial practitioners as they advance towards Sustainability-as-a-Service and move towards the vision of a sustainable industry in which value is decoupled from tangible assets.
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