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Developing manufacturing-relevant indicators for assessing long-run circularity of a product's life cycle

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Author(s)

Yong Han Kim, Sidi Deng, Thomas Maani, Nehika Mathur, Matthew Triebe, John Sutherland

Abstract

The manufacturing industry holds a significant position in the U.S. economy, simultaneously contributing to a substantial share of energy and material usage, as well as environmental impacts. Developing manufacturing-relevant indicators will help decision-makers to understand the consequences of their decisions in terms of end-of-life (EoL) product management and promote the closing of loops within product life cycles. Nevertheless, there is a lack of indicators for assessing progress towards a circular economy for the manufacturing sector in the long-run behavior. To address this issue, this paper proposes two manufacturing-relevant indicators and its foundational methodology that can capture the impact from the long-term behavior of manufacturing processes and evaluate its associated circularity of product life cycles in product and materials perspective. Each scenario is presented to illustrate how these indicators could characterize the degree of circularity and associated impacts for a given life cycle flow.
Volume
41
Conference Dates
June 17-21, 2024
Conference Location
Knoxville, TN, US
Conference Title
52nd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 52, 2024)
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.09.192
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Keywords

Circular economy, Sustainable manufacturing, Product life cycle assessment, Sustainability indicator
Manufacturing and Environment

Citation

Kim, Y. , Deng, S. , Maani, T. , Mathur, N. , Triebe, M. and Sutherland, J. (2024), Developing manufacturing-relevant indicators for assessing long-run circularity of a product's life cycle, 52nd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 52, 2024), Knoxville, TN, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2024.09.192, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956929 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created October 15, 2024, Updated March 27, 2025
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