TY - JOUR
T1 - A holistic and rapid sustainability assessment tool for manufacturing SMEs
AU - Chen, Danfang
AU - Thiede, Sebastian
AU - Schudeleit, Timo
AU - Herrmann, Christoph
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Tool
KW - Assessment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.113
DO - 10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.113
M3 - Article
SN - 0007-8506
VL - 63
SP - 437
EP - 440
JO - CIRP annals : manufacturing technology
JF - CIRP annals : manufacturing technology
IS - 1
ER -