کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1700357 | 1519335 | 2014 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Increasing global competition requires technological innovation with new political, commercial and technical advances empowered by market dynamics. These challenges must be met with appropriate decision-making by manufacturing companies to secure competitive advantage without compromising sustainability. This requires decision-makers to seize opportunities for improving sustainable solutions in strategic and operational activities. Various scientific and case-based methods are applied to measure the performance and sustainability level of manufacturing systems. However, embedding sustainability in decision-making has not been fully realized by academics and practitioners. This paper introduces a model- based approach for assessing value creation to enhance manufacturing sustainability. The major objective of the approach is to evaluate the strategic alignment and sustainability of the solutions to overcome a challenge related with a product, process or equipment in manufacturing. The approach proposes a framework that transforms customer requirements first into descriptive attributes to assign the value for strategic alignment and later into comprehensive metrics to measure the sustainability value. The approach provides decision-makers with a method of comparing sustainable value addition and strategic alignment when evaluating alternatives. In a case-based application, the production equipment of a service provider is evaluated to select the option that adds the most value, both strategically and sustainably, to meet customer requirements.
Journal: Procedia CIRP - Volume 17, 2014, Pages 106-111