A holistic and rapid sustainability assessment tool for manufacturing SMEs

Danfang Chen; Sebastian Thiede; Timo Schudeleit; Christoph Herrmann

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.113

A holistic and rapid sustainability assessment tool for manufacturing SMEs

Danfang Chen^*, Sebastian Thiede, Timo Schudeleit, Christoph Herrmann

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	437-440
Journal	CIRP annals : manufacturing technology
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.113
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Sustainable development
Tool
Assessment

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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