Beyond Leanear production: A multi-level approach for achieving circularity in a lean manufacturing context

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:318

Article

Schmitt, Thomas^1,2  Wolf, Christopher^1,2  Lennerfors, Thomas Taro²  Okwir, Simon² 

[1] Scania CV AB, Smart Factory Lab, Soedertaelje, Sweden

[2] Uppsala Univ, Dept Civil & Ind Engn, Ind Engn & Management, Uppsala, Sweden

关键词: Lean manufacturing;    Lean green;    Closed-loop;    Circular economy;    Reuse;    Remanufacturing;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128531

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Despite the growth of the research on lean and green manufacturing systems, consideration of how circular economy principles complement lean has been virtually absent from the literature due to a mismatch between research on lean green, which has focused on the internal manufacturing operations (product and process levels), and research on the circular economy, which takes a broader, more holistic view of environmental impact (the system level). Only a few researchers have considered the lean and the circular together. We argue that there is a need to understand the complementarities and conflicts between lean and circularity. By combining the system level with process and product levels, this paper highlights which potentials in a lean manufacturing context are identified from a circular perspective and how to realize them. In this paper, we present a critical case study conducted at a Swedish manufacturing firm/original equipment manufacturer within the heavy-duty and off-road (HDOR) industry. Our results show that the company is locked into a lean and linear production, where material waste is not seen as a resource. We present how the three levels interplay and argue that they be combined when trying to integrate circular measures into this context.

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