Sustainability

Dimensions of Industrial Openness

Dimensions of Industrial Openness

Understanding Openness and Its Implications for Sustainable Transformation
Nils Weiher ORCID Icon, Theresa Riedelsheimer ORCID Icon, Kai Lindow ORCID Icon
The topic of Openness is of growing importance for industry, especially in Europe. However, the term Openness is used very differently. Openness includes several concepts, including Open Source Hardware, Open Source Software, Open Data, Open Standards, Open Innovation, Open Science and Open Education. The concepts address different dimensions of Openness, all based on some kind of participation and with the goal to create more transparency and accessibility. This article defines the concepts and provides a basic understanding of their importance for industry and for greater sustainability.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 6 | Pages 42-45 | DOI 10.30844/IM_23-6_42-45
Makigami in the Product Development Process

Makigami in the Product Development Process

Using a lean methodology to integrate sustainable and circular product design
Annika Pruhs ORCID Icon, Anina Kusch ORCID Icon, Frank Bertagnolli ORCID Icon, Tobias Viere, Jörg Woidasky ORCID Icon
In order to realize future improvements in circular product properties such as lifespan extension, continued use or high-quality recycling, industrial product development and design processes must take the entire ecological and economic life cycle of products into account. This article uses a company example to explain how such processes can be captured and analyzed using the Makigami method to support a comprehensive “Design for Circularity” concept. The chosen approach facilitates the identification of the application points of circular design decisions and the implementation of validated circular economy principles.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 6 | Pages 55-60 | DOI 10.30844/I4SE.23.1.64
Waste Heat Utilization through Thermal Cross-linking

Waste Heat Utilization through Thermal Cross-linking

A software solution for the development of optimized industrial energy concepts
Lukas Theisinger, Fabian Borst, Michael Georg Frank, Matthias Weigold, Andreas Maußner
The supply of production processes and buildings with thermal energy represents a significant share of the total energy demand of an industrial site. The use of industrial waste heat offers a way to reduce the external purchase of final energy. Due to the lack of transparency and the complexity of such measures, their potential often remains untapped. In the research project ETA im Bestand a user-oriented software solution was prototypically implemented. The software solution enables the development and evaluation of industrial energy concepts. Approaches from the research area of operations research and dynamic simulation are applied.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 5 | Pages 9-12
Vom Energiedatenmanagement zum Digitalen Zwilling

Vom Energiedatenmanagement zum Digitalen Zwilling

Vereinfachte Modellierung eines Digitalen Zwillings mithilfe von Energiedaten
Alexander Blinn, Henrik te Heesen, Joachim Brinkmann, Julius Herzog
Bedingt durch globale Entwicklungen hinsichtlich der Preise und Versorgungssicherheit im Energiesektor stehen besonders energieintensive Unternehmen vor großen Herausforderungen. Zusätzlich fordern Kunden mehr Informationen über Energiekennzahlen und CO₂-Emissionen sowie ressourcenschonendere Prozesse. Mit einer energiedatenbasierten Simulationsmethode werden die Ressourceninformationen direkt aus dem Energiedatenmanagementsystem (EDMS) extrahiert und weiterverarbeitet. Hierbei werden sowohl aktuelle als auch stetig aktualisierte historische Daten verwendet, die automatisiert abgeglichen werden. Die digitale Abbildung der vorhandenen Prozesse ist lediglich auf Seiten der Energiedaten notwendig, ohne die technischen Prozesse in ihrer Gänze analysieren zu müssen. Mit dem so erstellten energetischen digitalen Schatten lassen sich Energiebedarfe für bevorstehende Produktionen und Produkte simulieren und können durch automatisierte Vorschläge in der Produktionsplanung positiv ...
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 5 | Pages 33-36 | DOI 10.30844/IM_23-5_33-36
Resilience in Circular Economy Supply Networks in the Context of Critical Mineral Resource Supply

Resilience in Circular Economy Supply Networks in the Context of Critical Mineral Resource Supply

Tom Pettau
The supply of CRM to domestic companies is threatened by disruptions (e. g. trade conflicts or shortages). Relocating production to stable regions is often not possible in the context of CRM due to geological reasons. One way out is CE. From a network perspective, the resilience must be improved and expanded to include viability. In CE for resilience improvement, a distinction must be made between ex-post and ex-ante CE. Ex-post CE is used as a reaction to a disruption and ex-ante CE reduces the probability of a disruption occurring.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 4 | Pages 10-15
Life Cycle Assessments at Aircraft Manufacturers

Life Cycle Assessments at Aircraft Manufacturers

An analytical decision model for assessing the potentials
Dennis Keiser, Birte Pupkes, Jonas Wagner, Michael Freitag ORCID Icon, Rafael Mortensen Ernits, Matthias Reiß, Axel Becker
The aviation industry faces significant challenges in reducing the environmental impact of global air traffic. This results in the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Innovations and new technologies must be implemented along the entire value chain to achieve this goal. In this context, investments and decisions have to be evaluated based on their potential to reduce environmental impacts. One method for operationalizing these issues is the life cycle assessment framework. This paper presents an analytical decision model for the potential assessment of LCA at aircraft manufacturers. The basis of the model is the derivation of criteria for the assessment and the identification of use cases along the value creation process. Based on the decision model, first concrete application scenarios are identified. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 3 | Pages 62-66
Green Productivity for the Circular Economy

Green Productivity for the Circular Economy

Potentials through digitalization
Verena Luisa Aufderheide ORCID Icon
The Circular Economy (CE) is a form of economy that extends the use of products and resources by developing the linear supply chain (SC) to a circular SC. However, additional input factors are required for remanufacturing and recycling. Furthermore, these processes generate additional environmental impacts. It is questionable whether the circulation of products is only worthwhile from an economic point of view or whether it also brings environmental advantages. An approach that relates the economic impact of a product to its environmental impact is the Green Productivity Index (GPI). In the following, this index is developed for CE. Furthermore, this article examines how digitalization can positively affect the Green Productivity (GP) of CE. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 41-45
Climate Neutrality and Digitization

Climate Neutrality and Digitization

A maturity-based approach to identifying measures in production
Stefan Seyfried ORCID Icon, Lukas Martin, Matthias Weigold
Climate neutrality and digitisation are two future-relevant and interlinked topics that are gaining in importance for manufacturing companies. However, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), it is often difficult to get an overview of the concepts and practical measures in these fields. This article presents a maturity model that offers companies practical assistance in combining the goals of climate neutrality and digitisation and in identifying suitable (digitisation) measures for the company to support the transformation towards climate-neutral production. (Only in German)
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 51-55
Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

Sustainability in SME through Digitalization

SME Use Cases for Improving Sustainability with Digital Technologies
Henry Ekwaro-Osire, Stefan Wiesner, Dennis Bode, Alexandra Pehlken
The impact of rapid technological change in a competitive global market is reaching small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) at an increasing rate; digitalization increases the interconnectedness among manufacturers, products and customers. Within this context, SME need to improve both their business processes and their technological capabilities in order to achieve internal and external sustainability goals, to be successful in the marketplace and to meet customer needs. This article discusses the opportunities of digitalization to improve sustainability by presenting two use cases from SME.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 36-40
Potentials of Digital Technologies in Scope 3-Carbon Accounting

Potentials of Digital Technologies in Scope 3-Carbon Accounting

Hannah-Deborah Harbich, Johannes Schnelle ORCID Icon, Wolfgang Kersten ORCID Icon
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing companies. To be able to define strategies for decarbonizing their business activities, companies need to start accounting for their emissions. Calculating Scope 3 emissions is a complex, resource- intensive, and often imprecise process for companies. By using digital technologies, Scope 3 carbon accounting can become more transparent, efficient, and secure. This article highlights the potential of digital technologies in Scope 3 carbon accounting.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 2 | Pages 29-32 | DOI 10.30844/IM_23-2_29-32
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