Abstract
This research addresses a vision on an approach to explore, understand, and analyze this field, specifically its key characteristics that act as enablers and barriers of product-packaging sustainability. This is targeted by interactively modelling the decision-making processes of product-packaging development, both within multidisciplinary development teams, companies, and product-packaging chains, by means of a collection of interactive tools. Key within these tools is the ability to address the multidisciplinarity of stakeholders, the decision-making processes within and beyond development teams, and the proposed and realized inclusion of sustainability-related considerations, all within a framework of tacit and explicit knowledge.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of EcoDesign 2019 International Symposium |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print/First online - 27 Nov 2019 |
| Event | 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2019: Going Green - PACIFICO Yokohama（Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama), Yokohama, Japan Duration: 25 Nov 2019 → 27 Nov 2019 Conference number: 11 http://ecodenet.com/ed2019/ |
Conference
| Conference | 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2019 |
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| Abbreviated title | EcoDesign |
| Country | Japan |
| City | Yokohama |
| Period | 25/11/19 → 27/11/19 |
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Keywords
- operational development
- strategic development
- sustainable development
- packaging development
- development team
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Embedding a sustainability focus in packaging development processes. / de Koeijer, Bjorn; Borgman, Iris Martha; Henseler, Jörg ; ten Klooster, Roland ; de Lange, Jos .
Proceedings of EcoDesign 2019 International Symposium. 2019.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Embedding a sustainability focus in packaging development processes
AU - de Koeijer, Bjorn
AU - Borgman, Iris Martha
AU - Henseler, Jörg
AU - ten Klooster, Roland
AU - de Lange, Jos
PY - 2019/11/27
Y1 - 2019/11/27
N2 - Despite packaging sustainability aspects often being embedded in companies’ strategic aims, the structured implementation of such targets is limited at the operational level, where a product’s commercial viability (strategic fit, business case feasibility, and a limitation of commercial risks) and development aspects (timing issues, material use, and supply chain efficiency) are prioritized over desired sustainability goals. Packaging acts not as an isolated entity but as a part of a symbiotic product-packaging combination, of which the development is the shared responsibility of stakeholders with different backgrounds and interests. With the development and design process of product-packaging combinations being a concatenation of decisions made by multidisciplinary teams in various organizations, the structured integration of sustainability-related considerations in product-packaging development can benefit from a synthesized focus on development teams’ efforts, decision-making processes, stakeholder interaction and dynamics, and trade-offs.This research addresses a vision on an approach to explore, understand, and analyze this field, specifically its key characteristics that act as enablers and barriers of product-packaging sustainability. This is targeted by interactively modelling the decision-making processes of product-packaging development, both within multidisciplinary development teams, companies, and product-packaging chains, by means of a collection of interactive tools. Key within these tools is the ability to address the multidisciplinarity of stakeholders, the decision-making processes within and beyond development teams, and the proposed and realized inclusion of sustainability-related considerations, all within a framework of tacit and explicit knowledge.
AB - Despite packaging sustainability aspects often being embedded in companies’ strategic aims, the structured implementation of such targets is limited at the operational level, where a product’s commercial viability (strategic fit, business case feasibility, and a limitation of commercial risks) and development aspects (timing issues, material use, and supply chain efficiency) are prioritized over desired sustainability goals. Packaging acts not as an isolated entity but as a part of a symbiotic product-packaging combination, of which the development is the shared responsibility of stakeholders with different backgrounds and interests. With the development and design process of product-packaging combinations being a concatenation of decisions made by multidisciplinary teams in various organizations, the structured integration of sustainability-related considerations in product-packaging development can benefit from a synthesized focus on development teams’ efforts, decision-making processes, stakeholder interaction and dynamics, and trade-offs.This research addresses a vision on an approach to explore, understand, and analyze this field, specifically its key characteristics that act as enablers and barriers of product-packaging sustainability. This is targeted by interactively modelling the decision-making processes of product-packaging development, both within multidisciplinary development teams, companies, and product-packaging chains, by means of a collection of interactive tools. Key within these tools is the ability to address the multidisciplinarity of stakeholders, the decision-making processes within and beyond development teams, and the proposed and realized inclusion of sustainability-related considerations, all within a framework of tacit and explicit knowledge.
KW - operational development
KW - strategic development
KW - sustainable development
KW - packaging development
KW - development team
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - Proceedings of EcoDesign 2019 International Symposium
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