A holistic and rapid sustainability assessment tool for manufacturing SMEs

被引:56
作者
Chen, Danfang [1 ]
Thiede, Sebastian [2 ]
Schudeleit, Timo [3 ]
Herrmann, Christoph [2 ]
机构
[1] KTH Royal Inst Technol, Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Tech Univ Carolo Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Sustainable Mfg & Life Cycle Engn Res Grp, Inst Machine Tools & Prod Technol IWF, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inspire AG Inst Machine Tools & Mfg IWF, Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
Sustainable development; Tool; Assessment; ENERGY; SYSTEMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.113
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Sustainable development is a broad term and is complex in nature because it has three dimensions. While continuous management is necessary, especially for SMEs, there is a lack of easily applicable tools that assess the status of sustainability based on key performance indicators and that derive priorities for systematic improvement. Based on this information, this paper presents a holistic sustainability assessment tool for manufacturing SMEs. The tool is applicable on a factory level with reasonable effort, provides decision support for improvements and enables a cross-industry comparison. A case study at a Swedish company has been performed to verify the usability. (C) 2014 CIRP.
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页码:437 / 440
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