TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Braun, Anja
A1  - Kleine-Möllhoff, Peter
A1  - Reichenberger, Volker
A1  - Seiter, Stephan
T1  - Case study analysing potentials to improve material efficiency in manufacturing supply chains, considering circular economy aspects
JF  - Sustainability
N2  - In order to decouple economic growth from global material consumption it is necessary to implement material efficiency strategies at the level of single enterprises and their supply chains, and to implement circular economy aspects. Manufacturing firms face multiple implementation challenges like cost limitations, competition, innovation and stakeholder pressure, and supplier and customer relationships, among others. Taking as an example a case of a medium-sized manufacturing company, opportunities to realise material efficiency improvements within the company borders - on the supply chain and by using circular economy measures - are assessed. Deterministic calculations and simulations, performed for the supply chain of this company, show that measures to increase material efficiency in the supply chain are important. However, they need to be complemented by efforts to return waste and used products to the economic cycle, which requires rethinking the traditional linear economic system.
KW  - sustainability
KW  - resource productivity
KW  - material
KW  - manufacturing
KW  - focal enterprise
KW  - circular economy
KW  - framework
Y1  - 2018
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-17122
SN  - 2071-1050
SS  - 2071-1050
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030880
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030880
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 1
EP  - 12
S1  - 12
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -