SFB 1026: Sustainable Manufacturing - Shaping Global Value Creation
Final Report Abstract
In the establishment proposal for the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1026, the members identified an urgent need for action in order to realise the potential of manufacturing towards sustainability. The results gathered by the scientific community and the CRC largely confirmed the increasing relevance of this statement. The current lifestyles of early industrialised and emerging countries surpass the limited resources and restoration capacities of the Earth and are still characterised by an unequal distribution of wealth. The manufacturing sector, as a globally significant stakeholder in many of the areas of human living, has the scope to shape future technologies and to play a crucial role in the improvement of the sustainability of value creation. The CRC 1026 “Sustainable Manufacturing – Shaping Global Value Creation” was eager to take up this challenge and intended to provide exemplary sustainable manufacturing solutions whose positive direct and indirect effects on the triple bottom line of sustainability are scientifically demonstrated. Holistic solutions are needed in order to find alternative development paths to the one followed by early industrialised and emerging countries to date. On the one hand, early industrialised countries continue to target economic growth, employing unsustainable material flows having a decreasing marginal benefit in terms of wealth. On the other hand, emerging countries strive to generate wealth and tend to catch up with material consumption levels of early industrialised ones. Reaching sustainability requires narrowing the gap between early industrialised and emerging countries, i.e. reaching an equal distribution of social benefits and environmental burden on a global level. Narrowing the gap in turn necessitates shifting perspective on value creation, i.e. considering criteria for economic, environmental and social value beyond mere costs and prices. The multidisciplinary team of the CRC 1026 was specifically motivated to address the challenge of sustainability within the domain of manufacturing activities and to shape a holistic reference of sustainable manufacturing. The CRC 1026 defined sustainable manufacturing as the creation of manufactured products that, in fulfilling their functionality over their entire life cycle, cause a sustainable impact on the environment (nature and humans) while delivering economic value. The interplay of disciplines within the CRC combined the depth of exemplary implementation of production technologies and the breadth of the systemic analysis of their sustainability. At the core of the approach of the CRC 1026 was the development and physical realisation of new promising manufacturing processes and equipment. Building on this exemplary technological development, the CRC 1026 developed methods for decision making that allow integrating technologies in technical systems and value creation networks in a sustainable way. The global perspective was moreover addressed through macroeconomics and knowledge dissemination approaches for effective and systemic change towards sustainability. The superiority of manufacturing solutions developed within the CRC regarding sustainability is defined by how far these solutions leverage effects on the three systems—environment, society and economy. CRC projects delivered a direct positive impact on the economic system through the development of methods for sustainable decision-making —especially at macroeconomic, microeconomic, corporate and value creation network levels. They were aimed at positively influencing the economic system along with the ecosystem through the development of cost- and eco-efficient processes, products, equipment and value creation networks. Finally, they drove positive impacts on the social system through the development of tools and processes for qualification and ergonomic work conditions. The CRC 1026 gained understanding about the challenges of sustainability and developed new promising manufacturing technologies, methods for integrating these technologies in value creation networks, as well as approaches for qualification and learning.
Publications
- (2017) Assessing carbon dioxide emission reduction potentials of improved manufacturing processes using multiregional input output frameworks. Journal of Cleaner Production 163 154–165
Ward, Hauke; Burger, Mia; Chang, Ya-Ju; Fürstmann, Paul; Neugebauer, Sabrina; Radebach, Alexander; Sproesser, Gunther; Pittner, Andreas; Rethmeier, Michael; Uhlmann, Eckart; Steckel, Jan Christoph
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.062) - 2012. “Decision-making support for sustainable product creation.” Advanced Engineering Informatics 26 (4): 92–782
Inoue, M., Kai Lindow, Rainer Stark, Kenji Tanaka, Yoon-Eui Nahm, and Haruo Ishikawa
- 2012. “Intellectual capital and sustainability management: perspectives for an integrated reporting and benchmarking.” In Proceedings International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD) and Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS), 78–159
Orth, R., and H. Kohl
- 2012. “Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboard.” Journal of Industrial Ecology 16 (5): 88–680
Traverso, M., Matthias Finkbeiner, Andreas Jørgensen, and Laura Schneider
- 2012. “Social Norms and Economic Incentives in Firms.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 83 (2): 85–173
Huck, S., Dorothea Kübler, and Jörgen Weibull
- 2013. “A Global Approach to the Optimal Control of System Dynamics Models.” In 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Fügenschuh, A., and Ingmar Vierhaus
- 2013. “Price versus privacy: an experiment into the competitive advantage of collecting less personal information.” Electronic Commerce Research 13 (4): 55–423
Preibusch, S., Dorothea Kübler, and Alastair R. Beresford
- 2013. “Spatial Programming for Industrial Robots Through Task Demonstration.” Spatial Programming for Industrial Robots Through Task Demonstration 10 (254): 1–10
Lambrecht, J., M. Kleinsorge, Rosenstrauch, and M. and Krüger
- 2013. “The influence of wages on public officials’ corruptibility: A laboratory investigation.” Journal of Economic Psychology 39: 56–341
van Veldhuizen, R.
- 2013. “The Potential of Reducing the Energy Consumption for Machining TiAl6V4 by Using Innovative Metal Cutting Processes.” In Proceedings of the 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (2013), edited by G. Seliger, 593 - 598, Berlin: University Publisher of TU Berlin
Uhlmann, Eckart, P. Fürstmann, B. Rosenau, S. Gebhard, R. Gerstenberger, R., G. Müller
- 2014. “Advanced Technologies in Life Cycle Engineering.” Procedia CIRP 22(1): 3–14
Stark, Rainer, Hendrik Grosser, Boris Beckmann-Dobrev, and Simon Kind
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.118) - 2014. “Challenges in Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of Current Gaps and Research Needs.” In Background and Future Prospects in Life Cycle Assessment, edited by Walter Klöpffer, 58–207. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
Finkbeiner, Matthias, Robert Ackermann, Vanessa Bach, Markus Berger, Gerhard Brankatschk, Ya-Ju Chang, Marina Grinberg et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8697-3_7) - 2014. “Enabling of local value creation via openness for emergent synthesis.” International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing 15 (7): 93–1489
Heyer, S., Nariaki Nishino, Bernd Muschard, and Günther Seliger
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-014-0496-5) - 2014. “Enabling Product Development Engineers to Select and Combine Methods for Sustainable Design.” Procedia CIRP 15: 18–413
Buchert, T., Alexander Kaluza, Friedrich A. Halstenberg, Kai Lindow, Haygazun Hayka, and Rainer Stark
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.06.025) - 2014. “Impact Pathways to Address Social Well-Being and Social Justice in SLCA— Fair Wage and Level of Education.” Sustainability 6 (8): 39-48
Neugebauer, Sabrina, Marzia Traverso, René Scheumann, Ya-Ju Chang, Kirana Wolf, and Matthias Finkbeiner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/su6084839) - 2014. “The adaptation research about ICS and Chinese management scenario.” Nankai Business Review International 5 (4): 394–410
Lei, L., Holger Kohl, and Yanmei Xu
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1108/NBRI-05-2014-0025) - 2015. “Addressing Sustainability and Flexibility in Manufacturing Via Smart Modular Machine Tool Frames to Support Sustainable Value Creation.” Procedia CIRP 29: 19–514
Peukert, B., Stephan Benecke, Janire Clavell, Sabrina Neugebauer, Nils F. Nissen, Eckart Uhlmann, Klaus-Dieter Lang, and Matthias Finkbeiner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.181) - 2015. “Automated Vision-Based Live Ergonomics Analysis in Assembly Operations.” CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology (May): 1–4
Krüger, J., and T. D. Nguyen
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2015.04.046) - 2015. “Design and Manufacturing of a Sustainable Pedelec.” Procedia CIRP 29: 84–579
Buchert, T., Jón Garðar Steingrímsson, Sabrina Neugebauer, The Duy Nguyen, Mila Galeitzke, Nicole Oertwig, Johannes Seidel et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.168) - 2015. “Direct digital manufacturing: definition, evolution, and sustainability implications.” Journal of Cleaner Production 107: 25–615
Chen, D., Steffen Heyer, Suphunnika Ibbotson, Konstantinos Salonitis, Jón Garðar Steingrímsson, and Sebastian Thiede
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.009) - 2015. “Enhancing the practical implementation of life cycle sustainability assessment – proposal of a Tiered approach.” Journal of Cleaner Production 102: 76–165
Neugebauer, Sabrina, Julia Martinez-Blanco, René Scheumann, and Matthias Finkbeiner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.053) - 2015. “Integrating ontology into PLM-tools to improve sustainable product development.” 5CIRP6 Annals - Manufacturing Technology 64 (1): 60–157
Stark, R., and Anne Pförtner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2015.04.018) - 2015. “Investigation into Energy Efficiency of Outdated Cutting Machine Tools and Identification of Improvement Potentials to Promote Sustainability.” Procedia CIRP 26: 38–533
Kianinejad, K., E. Uhlmann, and B. Peukert
- 2015. “Life Cycle Assessment of welding technologies for thick metal plate welds.” Journal of Cleaner Production 108, Part A: 46–53
Sproesser, G., Ya-Ju Chang, Andreas Pittner, Matthias Finkbeiner, and Michael Rethmeier
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.121) - 2015. “Model-based Evaluation Environment for Sustainability.” Procedia CIRP 26: 45–641
Oertwig, N., Nikolaus Wintrich, and Roland Jochem
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.097) - 2015. “Reconstruction of 3D transient temperature field for fusion welding processes on basis of discrete experimental data.” Welding in the World 59 (4): 497–512
Pittner, A., Viktor Karkhin, and Michael Rethmeier
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-015-0225-4) - 2015. “Regional and sectoral disaggregation of multi-regional input-output tables – A flexible algorithm.” Economic Systems Research 27 (2): 194–212
Wenz, L., Sven Norman Willner, Alexander Radebach, Robert Bierkandt, Jan Christoph Steckel, and Anders Levermann
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2014.987731) - 2015. “Strategic intellectual capital management as a driver of organisational innovation.” International Journal of Knowledge and Learning 10 (2): 81–164
Galeitzke, M., Erik Steinhöfel, Ronald Orth, and Holger Kohl
(See online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJKL.2015.071622) - 2016. “A systematic literature review on modular product design.” Journal of Engineering Design 27 (7): 488–514
Bonvoisin, J., Friedrich A. Halstenberg, Tom Buchert, and Rainer Stark
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2016.1166482) - 2016. “Data Management in Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Projects—Conclusions from the Digitalization of Research in Sustainable Manufacturing.” ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 5 (4): 41
Wang, W. M., Tobias Göpfert, and Rainer Stark
(See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5040041) - 2016. “From Life Cycle Costing to Economic Life Cycle Assessment—Introducing an Economic Impact Pathway.” Sustainability 8 (5): 428
Neugebauer, Sabrina, Silvia Forin, and Matthias Finkbeiner
(See online at https://doi.org/10.3390/su8050428) - 2016. “How to Make People Make a Change – Using Social Labelling for Raising Awareness on Sustainable Manufacturing.” Procedia CIRP 40: 64–359
Roeder, I., Matthias Scheibleger, and Rainer Stark
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2016.01.065) - 2016. “Solutions for Sustainable Machining.” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 139 (5): 9–51
Uhlmann, E., Bernd Peukert, Simon Thom, Lukas Prasol, Paul Fürstmann, Fiona Sammler, and Sebastian Richarz
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034850) - 2016. “Sustainable Manufacturing – Challenges, Solutions and Implementation Perspectives.” In the series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management, Herrmann C. and S. Kara, eds. Springer International Publishing
Stark, R., G. Seliger and J. Bonvoisin, eds.
- 2016. “Teleconnected food supply shocks.” Environmental Research Letters 11 (3): 7–35
Bren d’Amour, C., Leonie Wenz, Matthias Kalkuhl, Jan Christoph Steckel, and Felix Creutzig
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/035007) - 2016. “The role of capital costs in decarbonizing the electricity sector.” Environmental Research Letters 11 (11): 10–114
Hirth, L., and Jan Christoph Steckel
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114010) - Mathematical Software - ICMS 2016: 5th International Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 11-14, 2016, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Band 9725
Greuel, G.-M., Thorsten Koch, Peter Paule, and Andrew Sommese, eds.
