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Quantified economic and environmental values through Functional Productization: a simulation approach

Reed, Sean; Karlberg, Magnus; Kyosti, Petter; Sas, Daria

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Authors

Sean Reed

Magnus Karlberg

Petter Kyosti

Daria Sas



Abstract

Industrial companies rely on hardware and services from external providers to deliver functions that are critical to their operations, increasingly demanding solutions that not only meet technical and availability requirements but are sustainable too. Traditionally, industrial companies choose and purchase hardware and maintenance support to fulfil their functional requirements. An alternative arrangement, known as Functional Product (FP), involves external providers supplying customers with the functionality they require through contracts that specify guaranteed functional availability whilst giving providers freedom to choose and retain ownership of the supplied hardware and services. This paper describes an innovative simulation modelling and optimization approach to quantitatively compare economic and environmental values resulting from transition from traditional to FP arrangements. The approach is demonstrated through the analysis of a scenario involving a hydraulic drive system provider and set of customers in Sweden, with the results exhibiting simultaneous improvement in economic and environmental values at each stage of the transition.

Citation

Reed, S., Karlberg, M., Kyosti, P., & Sas, D. (2018). Quantified economic and environmental values through Functional Productization: a simulation approach. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 70, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.006

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 23, 2018
Online Publication Date Apr 3, 2018
Publication Date May 30, 2018
Deposit Date Mar 29, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Print ISSN 0195-9255
Electronic ISSN 0195-9255
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 70
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2018.03.006
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/934767
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019592551730416X

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