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The notion of sustainable innovation (SI) emerged recently in the academic literature and evokes deep changes in organizations’ products, processes, and practices to favour the creation of social and environmental value in addition to economic returns. The development of SI implies a collaborative process that requires the orchestration of several actors and streams of knowledge to be successful. Indeed, companies adopting the SI path need structured methodologies to guide the collaboration process with internal and external actors and support the decision process. Nevertheless, the literature has focused on the analysis of determinants and drivers of sustainable innovation development, while the process perspective has been discussed less. Through an in-depth case study in a large-sized company in France, this article proposes a methodological framework to guide the collaborative process in the early phases of sustainable innovation development. The framework relies on a combination of qualitative research and a multicriteria decision aiding method (AHP). The contributions of this work address two main aspects: (i) the conceptualization of sustainable innovation (SI) and (ii) the collaborative process between internal and external actors to develop SI. Firstly, our study leads to two additional dimensions to complete the concept of SI, traditionally based on the three pillars of sustainability (economic, environmental, and social), by adding the functional and relational dimensions. Secondly, concerning the collaborative process to develop SI, our framework proposes a structured methodology following five steps: definition of the project scope, setting actors’ motivations, defining satisfaction criteria, proposing SI solutions, and performing a decision-aiding process to define the preference profiles of the key actors.
Martha Orellano; Christine Lambey-Checchin; Khaled Medini; Gilles Neubert. A Methodological Framework to Support the Sustainable Innovation Development Process: A Collaborative Approach. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9054 .
AMA StyleMartha Orellano, Christine Lambey-Checchin, Khaled Medini, Gilles Neubert. A Methodological Framework to Support the Sustainable Innovation Development Process: A Collaborative Approach. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9054.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMartha Orellano; Christine Lambey-Checchin; Khaled Medini; Gilles Neubert. 2021. "A Methodological Framework to Support the Sustainable Innovation Development Process: A Collaborative Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9054.
Customer-centric strategies such as mass-customisation rely heavily on customer involvement such as co-designing products and services. In this sense, companies struggle to provide a better shopping experience by enabling technologies and Industry 4.0 practices. Online configurators are an example of these technologies that exist since decades but whose role in increasing value for the customer and the company is growing. This paper addresses the integration of sustainability preferences into configurators, with a focus on the 3D-printing domain. The basic ideas of this research work are, on one hand, that configurators can be enriched with readable and meaningful environmental indicators to increase customers environmental awareness based on the measurement of the impact of their choices, and on the other hand, such historical data about customer choices and orders available within configurators databases could support a more sustainable management of products and services portfolios. A case study-based research was developed in the 3D-printing domain exhibiting a high potential to support the rapid prototyping of customised products and thus helping to speed-up production ramp-up and time-to-market. The main findings include an initial proof-of-concept and several opportunities to further develop the configurator.
Maxence Rousseau; Khaled Medini; David Romero; Thorsten Wuest. Configurators as a means to Leverage Customer-Centric Sustainable Systems - Evidence from the 3D-Printing Domain. Procedia CIRP 2021, 96, 103 -108.
AMA StyleMaxence Rousseau, Khaled Medini, David Romero, Thorsten Wuest. Configurators as a means to Leverage Customer-Centric Sustainable Systems - Evidence from the 3D-Printing Domain. Procedia CIRP. 2021; 96 ():103-108.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaxence Rousseau; Khaled Medini; David Romero; Thorsten Wuest. 2021. "Configurators as a means to Leverage Customer-Centric Sustainable Systems - Evidence from the 3D-Printing Domain." Procedia CIRP 96, no. : 103-108.
The evolution towards more customer-centric operations within manufacturing and service industries gave rise to novel ways of value creation and delivery such as Product–Service Systems (PSS). PSS integrate tangible and intangible elements to create new values for both customers and providers. Therefore, a close collaboration is required among various actors in a value network to co-create values towards win–win gains. For companies to keep up with this pace, new decision support tools are needed to accompany PSS engineering and to adjust business models. This need is confronted with the scarcity of PSS-oriented economic assessment models and methods. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for the economic assessment of PSS. The framework relies on a novel combination of system modelling and analysis approaches to enable cost and revenue attribution to different actors in a value network. The applicability and relevance of the framework are demonstrated through a case study in the industrial cleaning sector.
Khaled Medini; Sophie Peillon; Martha Orellano; Stefan Wiesner; Ang Liu. System Modelling and Analysis to Support Economic Assessment of Product-Service Systems. Systems 2021, 9, 6 .
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Sophie Peillon, Martha Orellano, Stefan Wiesner, Ang Liu. System Modelling and Analysis to Support Economic Assessment of Product-Service Systems. Systems. 2021; 9 (1):6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Sophie Peillon; Martha Orellano; Stefan Wiesner; Ang Liu. 2021. "System Modelling and Analysis to Support Economic Assessment of Product-Service Systems." Systems 9, no. 1: 6.
Today’s fast-growing demands at the global level for mobile applications (apps) cause customers to call for the customization of their apps to fit their individualized needs and business realms. Customization is a challenge for apps-development companies when they want to satisfy their numerous users in a crowded competitive market. Moreover, pursuing customization involves additional challenges when ramping up app development projects in order to meet demands at a larger scale. To address this challenge, we proposed a framework to systematize and support mobile apps’ development consistently with a customer-driven approach and modular design philosophy. From a practical point of view, the proposed framework integrates quality function deployment (QFD), axiomatic design (AD) principles, and practices from the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) framework. The framework supports a systematic process for translating customer needs into design parameters as well as supporting prioritization of ITIL practices for further development. The effectiveness of the framework was explored in practice through a case study about an app supporting relief in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a survey among potential users. The assessment of the framework indicated an average score ranging between 3.58 and 3.92 in a five-point Likert scale for all of the items used in the survey.
Khaled Medini; Stefan Wiesner; Milad Poursoltan; David Romero. Ramping Up Customer-Centric Modular Design Projects: Mobile App Development for Pandemic Relief. Systems 2020, 8, 40 .
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Stefan Wiesner, Milad Poursoltan, David Romero. Ramping Up Customer-Centric Modular Design Projects: Mobile App Development for Pandemic Relief. Systems. 2020; 8 (4):40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Stefan Wiesner; Milad Poursoltan; David Romero. 2020. "Ramping Up Customer-Centric Modular Design Projects: Mobile App Development for Pandemic Relief." Systems 8, no. 4: 40.
Companies are seeking more and more to offer customized goods and services to customers to be able to satisfy their needs. Several methods emerged to fulfill the needs of customization without affecting the performance of the company. Modularity has been considered as an effective method to address the challenges regarding variety management in the product and service domain. It has been addressed in the product domain but rarely in the service domain. This paper aims to provide a method to modularize a service-oriented system that consists of products and services. The method uses a set of modularization criteria and clustering techniques to form service-oriented system modules (product and/or service modules). The output of the clustering process is evaluated using indicators to provide decision-makers with insights into potentially preferred clustering alternatives. A test case is presented in order to show the applicability of the method.
Omar Ezzat; Khaled Medini; Xavier Boucher; Xavier Delorme. A clustering approach for modularizing service-oriented systems. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 2020, 1 -16.
AMA StyleOmar Ezzat, Khaled Medini, Xavier Boucher, Xavier Delorme. A clustering approach for modularizing service-oriented systems. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 2020; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmar Ezzat; Khaled Medini; Xavier Boucher; Xavier Delorme. 2020. "A clustering approach for modularizing service-oriented systems." Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing , no. : 1-16.
Customers today desire more individualized products and services. As a consequence, the market must deal with a significant increase in a variety of offerings to satisfy this changing customer demands. This rapidly increasing variety affects operations complexity of manufacturers and subsequently costs and environmental impact. Consequently, companies need to better understand and find innovative ways to unleash a variety of benefits as well as driving down costs and environmental impacts. This paper reports on a research conducted within the Thomas Jefferson project SUSTAIN aiming to innovatively integrate environmental sustainability in practitioners’ decisions, on a win-win basis. More specifically, a general framework is shaped in a view to support the integration of sustainability considerations into the management of product variety and portfolio. The framework development relies on variety and portfolio management, and product configurators. Relevant background literature has been analyzed and the framework is described and discussed.
Khaled Medini; Thorsten Wuest; David Romero; Valérie Laforest. Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Variety and Portfolio Management. Procedia CIRP 2020, 93, 605 -609.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Thorsten Wuest, David Romero, Valérie Laforest. Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Variety and Portfolio Management. Procedia CIRP. 2020; 93 ():605-609.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Thorsten Wuest; David Romero; Valérie Laforest. 2020. "Integrating Sustainability Considerations into Product Variety and Portfolio Management." Procedia CIRP 93, no. : 605-609.
Production ramp-up is a critical step in product life cycle as it could lead to either success or failure of product introduction into the market. The criticality of this step is owed to several factors including the uncertainty underlying this step regarding both expected costs and benefits, and thus to the complexity of decision-making. In order to enlighten decision makers particularly in multi-variant production contexts, this paper elaborates on an analytical model supporting cost-benefit analysis of production ramp-up strategies. The model takes into account capacity planning decisions and learning curves in determining cost-benefit estimates. The model is illustrated and discussed through a keyrings manufacturing process.
Khaled Medini; Antoine Pierné; John Ahmet Erkoyuncu; Christian Cornet. A Model for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Production Ramp-up Strategies. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World 2020, 731 -739.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Antoine Pierné, John Ahmet Erkoyuncu, Christian Cornet. A Model for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Production Ramp-up Strategies. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World. 2020; ():731-739.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Antoine Pierné; John Ahmet Erkoyuncu; Christian Cornet. 2020. "A Model for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Production Ramp-up Strategies." Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World , no. : 731-739.
Many manufacturers are in the process of evolving from mass production to mass customization to cope with the increasing diversity of customer requirements. This induces an increasing complexity resulting from the high variety offered to customers. This problem is heightened by integrating product and service within the same offering. Modularity is considered as a driver for reducing complexity while increasing offered variety of products and services. This paper addresses the question of how to modularize products and/or services considering different criteria from the designers and domain experts. To this end, a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) based method is introduced. The method relies on a set of modularization criteria and on clustering to form product and/or service modules. The applicability of the method is illustrated through a test case in the manufacturing sector.
Omar Ezzat; Khaled Medini; Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen; Xavier Boucher; Thomas D. Brunoe; Kjeld Nielsen; Xavier Delorme. A DSM Clustering Method for Product and Service Modularization. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures 2019, 375 -382.
AMA StyleOmar Ezzat, Khaled Medini, Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen, Xavier Boucher, Thomas D. Brunoe, Kjeld Nielsen, Xavier Delorme. A DSM Clustering Method for Product and Service Modularization. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures. 2019; ():375-382.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmar Ezzat; Khaled Medini; Maria Stoettrup Schioenning Larsen; Xavier Boucher; Thomas D. Brunoe; Kjeld Nielsen; Xavier Delorme. 2019. "A DSM Clustering Method for Product and Service Modularization." Security Education and Critical Infrastructures , no. : 375-382.
The capital goods industry supplies highly volatile marketplaces with products customized to increase product performance and reduce operating costs. Consequently, an order winning criteria for capital goods manufacturers is to quickly and effectively reconfigure supply and manufacturing systems to suit ever changing product and volume requirements within short time frames. In order to clarify such potentials of reconfigurability, this paper presents a case study on reconfigurability potentials in a large capital goods company. The framework applied for this relates reconfigurability drivers with different production levels and purposes. The findings suggest that local content and sub-contracting requirements are main drivers for the potential application of reconfigurability on network level, being reinforced by reconfigurability on system and equipment level. Thus, the paper extends previous research on reconfigurability and addresses potentials beyond shop floor level in a multi-dimensional approach.
Bjørn Christensen; Ann-Louise Andersen; Khaled Medini; Thomas D. Brunoe. Reconfigurable Manufacturing: A Case-Study of Reconfigurability Potentials in the Manufacturing of Capital Goods. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 2019, 366 -374.
AMA StyleBjørn Christensen, Ann-Louise Andersen, Khaled Medini, Thomas D. Brunoe. Reconfigurable Manufacturing: A Case-Study of Reconfigurability Potentials in the Manufacturing of Capital Goods. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. 2019; ():366-374.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBjørn Christensen; Ann-Louise Andersen; Khaled Medini; Thomas D. Brunoe. 2019. "Reconfigurable Manufacturing: A Case-Study of Reconfigurability Potentials in the Manufacturing of Capital Goods." IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology , no. : 366-374.
Khaled Medini; Nick Szirbik; Omar Ezzat. Case study–based learning in customer-centric operations management: Unleashing the potential of experiential learning and accreditation. Journal of Education for Business 2019, 95, 297 -306.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Nick Szirbik, Omar Ezzat. Case study–based learning in customer-centric operations management: Unleashing the potential of experiential learning and accreditation. Journal of Education for Business. 2019; 95 (5):297-306.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Nick Szirbik; Omar Ezzat. 2019. "Case study–based learning in customer-centric operations management: Unleashing the potential of experiential learning and accreditation." Journal of Education for Business 95, no. 5: 297-306.
Although the literature is full of research on the transition of industry towards Product-Service Systems (PSS), the question of how to effectively support PSS engineering is poorly addressed. The compelling need for decision support throughout the various stages of the engineering process is particularly challenging due to the inherent complexity of PSS. In this sense, visualisation and modelling at large have been put forth as promising means for supporting PSS engineering. This paper proposes a method for specifying a modelling language for PSS engineering, putting together PSS domain-specific knowledge and modelling concepts inherited from conceptual modelling and model-based engineering. It relies on a recursive transformation process of the underlying PSS meta-model using knowledge from case studies and the literature. The method has proven to be a practical means for gradual enrichment of the modelling language leading to successful experimentations in the industrial context.
Khaled Medini; Xavier Boucher. Specifying a modelling language for PSS Engineering – A development method and an operational tool. Computers in Industry 2019, 108, 89 -103.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Xavier Boucher. Specifying a modelling language for PSS Engineering – A development method and an operational tool. Computers in Industry. 2019; 108 ():89-103.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Xavier Boucher. 2019. "Specifying a modelling language for PSS Engineering – A development method and an operational tool." Computers in Industry 108, no. : 89-103.
The evolution from mass-produced to mass-customized and even personalized products, services, and product-service bundles leads to increasing complexity of operations management. These new realities challenge companies in both business-to-business and business-to-customer markets to compete not only on the traditional basis of cost, quality, and delivery time but also on the capabilities in managing this increasing operational complexity. The objective of this paper is to identify key challenges and opportunities in managing operations in complex customer-driven manufacturing covering the value network, requirements engineering, product configuration, and the production systems, as well as the opportunities for handling these through digitally-enabled methods and tools for materializing the Industry 4.0 vision of efficient lot-size-one productions.
Khaled Medini; Ann-Louise Andersen; Thorsten Wuest; Bjørn Christensen; Stefan Wiesner; David Romero; Ang Liu; Fei Tao. Highlights in Customer-driven Operations Management Research. Procedia CIRP 2019, 86, 12 -19.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Ann-Louise Andersen, Thorsten Wuest, Bjørn Christensen, Stefan Wiesner, David Romero, Ang Liu, Fei Tao. Highlights in Customer-driven Operations Management Research. Procedia CIRP. 2019; 86 ():12-19.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Ann-Louise Andersen; Thorsten Wuest; Bjørn Christensen; Stefan Wiesner; David Romero; Ang Liu; Fei Tao. 2019. "Highlights in Customer-driven Operations Management Research." Procedia CIRP 86, no. : 12-19.
The increasingly evolving industrial context in manufacturing and service industries calls for an adaptation of the practices and content of engineering education curricula. More active learning approaches are required in order to easily grasp new business challenges and strategies, such as customer centric enterprise and mass customisation. This paper reports on a case study based lecture about mass customisation which was given to students pursuing a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering. The lecture echoes the Kolb model for Experiential Learning and refers to guidelines about accreditation requirements. An analysis of the achievement of learning outcomes is realized based a student survey conducted upon two different classes.
Khaled Medini. Integrating Experiential Learning and Accreditation Requirements – A Case Study Based Course. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 2018, 493 -501.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini. Integrating Experiential Learning and Accreditation Requirements – A Case Study Based Course. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences. 2018; ():493-501.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini. 2018. "Integrating Experiential Learning and Accreditation Requirements – A Case Study Based Course." Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences , no. : 493-501.
Product-Service Systems (PSS) are one of the business innovation drivers in terms of increasing the value for the customer and for the actors involved in PSS provision. This paper reports on a framework for assessing the economic value out of PSS provision considering a multi-actor perspective. The originality of the proposed framework is twofold: enabling an attribution of the costs (and revenues) to the actors involved in the value network, and considering the peculiarities of the use phase in cost and revenue calculation, i.e. impact of PSS contract duration and of the intensification of the product use through take-back systems.
Khaled Medini; Xavier Boucher; Sophie Peillon; Hervé Vaillant. Economic Assessment of PSS Value Networks – An Algorithmic Approach. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World 2018, 141 -149.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Xavier Boucher, Sophie Peillon, Hervé Vaillant. Economic Assessment of PSS Value Networks – An Algorithmic Approach. Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World. 2018; ():141-149.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Xavier Boucher; Sophie Peillon; Hervé Vaillant. 2018. "Economic Assessment of PSS Value Networks – An Algorithmic Approach." Collaboration in a Hyperconnected World , no. : 141-149.
Despite lots of advances on PSS design methods over the past ten years, this paper states that their larger use in industrial context remains confronted to a lack of integration among the diversity of methods and tools available and among the variety of concepts covered by PSS design. The paper aims at presenting a modelling approach and tool dedicated to PSS design which intends to contribute to a higher integration, starting with a first level of conceptual integration. The P3SM tool is presented and its utilization is illustrated by a real industrial case study in the context of industrial robotics. A discussion on the added-value of the modelling approach and on further perspectives is developed.
Xavier Boucher; Khaled Medini; Hervé Vaillant. PS3M: integrative Modelling Environment to support PSS design. Procedia CIRP 2018, 73, 73 -78.
AMA StyleXavier Boucher, Khaled Medini, Hervé Vaillant. PS3M: integrative Modelling Environment to support PSS design. Procedia CIRP. 2018; 73 ():73-78.
Chicago/Turabian StyleXavier Boucher; Khaled Medini; Hervé Vaillant. 2018. "PS3M: integrative Modelling Environment to support PSS design." Procedia CIRP 73, no. : 73-78.
Increasing customer demands for individualized solutions has a major impact on the manufacturing sector. Companies are confronted to producing high volumes in order to meet market demand while customizing their offering to meet specific customers’ requirements. One of the subsequent major challenges of this situation is to cope with the high offering variety while ensuring higher performance within the production system and supply chain of the solution provider. This paper deals with the impact of integrating products and services on the variety-induced complexity. Based on a consistent literature review, a model is proposed to conceptualize the main drivers of variety management of product and service offering. The ultimate objective of the model is to support decision-makers in the identification of balances between customer satisfaction and supply chain performance.
Khaled Medini; Abderrahmane Moujahid; Xavier Boucher; Alain Bernard. Product and Service Variety Versus Internal Performance: Toward New Balances. Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology 2018, 581 -594.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Abderrahmane Moujahid, Xavier Boucher, Alain Bernard. Product and Service Variety Versus Internal Performance: Toward New Balances. Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology. 2018; ():581-594.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Abderrahmane Moujahid; Xavier Boucher; Alain Bernard. 2018. "Product and Service Variety Versus Internal Performance: Toward New Balances." Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology , no. : 581-594.
Khaled Medini. Teaching customer-centric operations management – evidence from an experiential learning-oriented mass customisation class. European Journal of Engineering Education 2017, 43, 65 -78.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini. Teaching customer-centric operations management – evidence from an experiential learning-oriented mass customisation class. European Journal of Engineering Education. 2017; 43 (1):65-78.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini. 2017. "Teaching customer-centric operations management – evidence from an experiential learning-oriented mass customisation class." European Journal of Engineering Education 43, no. 1: 65-78.
Customers’ individual preferences are calling for greater variety of firms’ offerings. Faced with this situation, firms endeavour to meet customer requirements while reducing their costs and impact on the environment to remain competitive. The attainment of these goals entails various issues that must be addressed including multiple performance drivers and criteria relating to environmental and economic sustainability and variety. Accordingly, trade-offs must be defined and balanced among such heterogeneous criteria to facilitate the decision-making process on a variety of levels regarding environmental and economic sustainability. These trade-offs should involve decision makers to reflect the firm's priorities and consider its business field. This paper proposes an approach supporting the decision-making process on offering variety to the market while considering environmental and economic sustainability criteria. More specifically, the approach uses economic and environmental performance indicators and inputs from decision makers to determine the variety of the offering to meet a given demand. The paper highlights the impact of variety steering on environmental and economic sustainability indicators.
Khaled Medini; Xavier Boucher. An approach for steering products and services offering variety towards economic and environmental sustainability. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology 2016, 15, 65 -73.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Xavier Boucher. An approach for steering products and services offering variety towards economic and environmental sustainability. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 2016; 15 ():65-73.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Xavier Boucher. 2016. "An approach for steering products and services offering variety towards economic and environmental sustainability." CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology 15, no. : 65-73.
Resources depletion, emerging competition, and increasing individual customer requirements are among the most common trends shaping nowadays manufacturing industry. Product-Service Systems (PSS) are put forth as a potential means for meeting these challenges due to their intrinsic characteristics such as dematerialization, multi-actor perspective, inimitable service know-how, and customer closeness. The scope of this paper falls under a wider topic relating to the development of PSS solutions for the steel sludge treatment sector. More specifically, the paper reports on a combined performance measurement and PSS design approach to support the decision making process on the PSS implementation. The approach takes into account the need for a collaborative effort among the PSS value network actors to successfully implement PSS offers. A case study from the sludge treatment sector is used to illustrate the synergies between performance measurement and decision making, in the PSS context.
Khaled Medini; Sophie Peillon; Xavier Boucher; Hervé Vaillant. Performance Measurement for the Design of Product-Service Systems. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures 2015, 518 -525.
AMA StyleKhaled Medini, Sophie Peillon, Xavier Boucher, Hervé Vaillant. Performance Measurement for the Design of Product-Service Systems. Security Education and Critical Infrastructures. 2015; ():518-525.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhaled Medini; Sophie Peillon; Xavier Boucher; Hervé Vaillant. 2015. "Performance Measurement for the Design of Product-Service Systems." Security Education and Critical Infrastructures , no. : 518-525.
Competition from low wage countries and the adoption of free market strategies have forced manufacturing firms to recognise and implement productivity enhancement strategies. This research defines a holistic sustainability index embedding several performance indices. The aim of this study was to establish a relevant framework that would assess the current situation of an industry through aggregation of environmental, social, economical as well as manufacturing variables. The proposition has its roots in trends and gaps in the sustainability literature of manufacturing industries and is based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. A list of indicators measuring the industry performance based on an AHP scoring methodology is proposed. The next stages include grouping industries according to common deficiencies across the four dimensions and establishing a cooperation framework. The food manufacturing industry is the main target in this study and will benefit from adopting sustainable long-term policies. By recognising the importance of social–environmental sustainability and taking the initiative to pursue it, profits will grow as a positive effect of such policies. The added value is twofold: (1) coupling all sustainability dimensions, often addressed in silos and (2) integrating manufacturing indicators which enable the analysis of interrelationships with sustainability.
Ramy Harik; Wissam EL Hachem; Khaled Medini; Alain Bernard. Towards a holistic sustainability index for measuring sustainability of manufacturing companies. International Journal of Production Research 2014, 53, 4117 -4139.
AMA StyleRamy Harik, Wissam EL Hachem, Khaled Medini, Alain Bernard. Towards a holistic sustainability index for measuring sustainability of manufacturing companies. International Journal of Production Research. 2014; 53 (13):4117-4139.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRamy Harik; Wissam EL Hachem; Khaled Medini; Alain Bernard. 2014. "Towards a holistic sustainability index for measuring sustainability of manufacturing companies." International Journal of Production Research 53, no. 13: 4117-4139.