Abstract
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.
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 | EcoDesign and Sustainability II |
Subtitle of host publication | Social Perspectives and Sustainability Assessment |
Editors | Yusuke Kishita, Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Masato Inoue, Shinichi Fukushige |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 49-60 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-15-6775-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-981-15-6774-2 |
Publication status | Published - 11 Nov 2020 |
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/ |
Publication series
Name | Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management |
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Publisher | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. |
ISSN (Print) | 2194-0541 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2194-055X |
Conference
Conference | 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | EcoDesign |
Country/Territory | 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