Abstract
Sustainability has raised significant attention in manufacturing research over the last decades and has become a significant driver of the development of innovative technologies and management concepts. The current chapter aims to provide a structured overview of the wide field of research in sustainable manufacturing with a particular focus on manufacturing technology and management. It intends to describe the role of manufacturing in sustainability, outline the complementary approaches necessary for a transition to sustainable manufacturing and specify the need for engaging in interdisciplinary research. Based on a literature review, it provides a structuring framework defining four complementary areas of research focussing on analysis, synthesis and transition solutions. The challenges of the four areas of research manufacturing technologies (“how things are produced”), product development (“what is being produced”), value creation networks (“in which organisational context”) and global manufacturing impacts (“how to make a systemic change”) are highlighted and illustrated with examples from current research initiatives.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainable Manufacturing - Challenges, Solutions and Implementation Perspectives |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 3-20 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-48514-0 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-48513-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
