Circularity in Product Development - a case at SKF
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Modellbyggare
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As we are facing environmental challenges globally, the traditional take-make-disposal
liner model is no longer sustainable and society as a whole must evolve. Organizations
and industries currently operate under such traditional liner model should
particularly be at the forefront of the transformation. Circular economy, driven
by product life extension, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, etc., is recognized as a
sustainable economic system and has been an area of research to develop frameworks,
methods and tools to support organizations in making the shift. SKF, a
Swedish company which has a high vision of sustainability, has initiated a Circularity
Program and determined to implement circular product development within the
organization. Therefore, a master thesis project was kicked off to explore collaborative
approaches to implement circularity in product development. A backcasting
approach was taken in the project to establish goals, identify the gaps between the
future and the present, and define key initiatives for the organization to make future
planning. The project aims to develop a methodology, building upon existing
theories and concepts related to sustainable and circular product development, to
implement circularity in product development at the case company. Meanwhile, the
project outcome could give inspirations to other manufacturing organizations on
circularity implementation, as well as to academia on future researches in the area
of circular product development
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sustainable product development, circular economy, circular design, backcasting, circular value chain, value chain collaboration, circular collaboration,, collaboration with stakeholders, circularity quantification, circularity indicator, circular assessment, circularity metric