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Marco Cucchi
Gruppo Ceramiche Gresmalt, Via Mosca 4, 41049 Sassuolo, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 19 March 2021 in Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity
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Converging business, sustainability, and technology is a challenge that manufacturing firms face to create value and be competitive. Energy- and raw material-intensive manufacturing industries are particularly aware of environmental issues and circular economy practices due to the large amounts of resources they use. However, manufacturing companies must also be mindful of economic sustainability in order to make their business profitable. For this, appropriate economic evaluation tools are needed, one of which is life cycle costing (LCC). LCC, when applied to the manufacturing context, is often considered as a simple extension of the life cycle assessment (LCA). This is the main limitation of LCC, as it only contributes to determining the economic value of environmental damage. This research aims to overcome this limitation, analyzing the Italian ceramic tile manufacturing sector as a case study in order to conceptually develop, through the abductive methodology, a calculation framework that extends the potential of LCC by including circularity parameters. Subsequently, the conceptual framework is empirically validated using sectoral industrial costs by configuring two scenarios (with and without circularity practices) and building a benchmark for individual firms in this industry. Finally, the research includes some considerations on the positive implications and potential of life cycle costing in an open innovation context.

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María Medina-Salgado; Fernando García-Muiña; Marco Cucchi; Davide Settembre-Blundo. Adaptive Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Modeling and Applying to Italy Ceramic Tile Manufacturing Sector: Its Implication of Open Innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2021, 7, 101 .

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María Medina-Salgado, Fernando García-Muiña, Marco Cucchi, Davide Settembre-Blundo. Adaptive Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Modeling and Applying to Italy Ceramic Tile Manufacturing Sector: Its Implication of Open Innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2021; 7 (1):101.

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María Medina-Salgado; Fernando García-Muiña; Marco Cucchi; Davide Settembre-Blundo. 2021. "Adaptive Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Modeling and Applying to Italy Ceramic Tile Manufacturing Sector: Its Implication of Open Innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 7, no. 1: 101.

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Published: 18 March 2020 in Sustainability
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Sustainability transition is becoming increasingly relevant at a manufacturing level, especially for resource- and energy-intensive industries. In addition, the 4.0 industry paradigm opens new opportunities in terms of sustainable development. The aim of this research is to analyze the introduction of sustainability in the corporate value proposition, through the evolution from a traditional to a sustainable business model. The business model innovation will be investigated in the case of a ceramic tile producer in the district of Sassuolo, Italy. The company has introduced several sustainability practices over the years and, through investments in Industry 4.0 technologies, is able to conduct impact assessments of its production process. The applied tool for the business model transition will be the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas by Joyce and Paquin. The results illustrate the new company’s sustainable value proposition, considering all three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy, and society. Despite the limitations resulting from the individual case study, the findings can be easily adapted to other ceramic tile companies in the sector. Besides, the paper could inspire other manufacturing companies in the drafting of a sustainable business model. The paper explores the still limited literature on the application of sustainable business models in operational scenarios.

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Fernando E. García-Muiña; María Sonia Medina-Salgado; Anna Maria Ferrari; Marco Cucchi. Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2364 .

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Fernando E. García-Muiña, María Sonia Medina-Salgado, Anna Maria Ferrari, Marco Cucchi. Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (6):2364.

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Fernando E. García-Muiña; María Sonia Medina-Salgado; Anna Maria Ferrari; Marco Cucchi. 2020. "Sustainability Transition in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing with the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas." Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2364.