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Industrialization has always seemed to be the key to wealth and a better life, but in reality it has
been shown that while it leads to better living conditions in some respects, it affects the environment
and ultimately contributes to climate change. Industrialization involves not only technological
innovations, but also human society's economic and social transformation. Opportunities and challenges
come with industrialization. Coping with higher temperatures, extreme weather conditions, changing
styles of human life and changing philosophies are the challenges. Industrialization must take climate
change and its consequences into account because of these challenges. For example, continuous and
rapid globalization of the modern world should be taken into account considering its drastic effects on
the environment.
Sustainability is and will be a key problem for current and future generations. Assuming that
natural resources are infinite and that the regenerative capability of the environment can compensate
for all human intervention is no longer appropriate. Consequently, sustainability problems will impact all
the organizational elements of human life from and financial, political, social and environmental point of
perspective.
This trend has reached far beyond the tiny niche of those who have traditionally placed
themselves as green, and now involves many prominent companies across many distinct industries of
the sector. These attempts have important outcomes in many instances. There are numerous ways that
coordinated, integrated and formal manner, rather than in an unconnected and informal manner.
Focusing on increased competitiveness and revenues rather than primarily focusing on cost-cutting.
Implementing risk reduction and improved efficiency. Using innovation, scenario planning and strategic
analysis to go beyond compliance. Integrating sustainability across business functions. Focusing more
Abstract
Starting from the framework of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), sustainability should be provided by
continuous sharing of information among the different product lifecycle phases. A PLM system provides
lifecycle knowledge generated by PLM systems through product lifecycle activities. The paper aims at
presenting how PLM systems represent a very important foundation for achieving a more sustainable
paradigm for life, a more sustainable development, engineering, manufacturing, use and disposal of
products.
Keywords:
Sustainability, Sustainable Engineering and Manufacturing, Product Lifecycle Management
data, are shared among processes and organization in Product Process Plant Production Internal External
Design Design Design logistic logistic
the different phases of the product lifecycle for achieving Figure 2: Reference model for product lifecycle phases
top range performances for the product and related (adapted from [4] and [5]).
services” [3].
PLM is already well known in the ICT market, even if
unlike other technology solutions PLM is not a point The PLM concept is certainly a question of data
solution or an off-the-shelf tool. Instead, it is grounded in visualisation and transformations, where ICT plays a
the philosophy of connectedness of knowledge and seeks fundamental role. However, PLM comprises other two
to provide “the right information, at the right time, in the important levels: processes (where data flow among
right context”. PLM is physically enabled by the actors/resources with relative competences, inside and
integration of a variety of enterprise software applications, outside an organization), and methodologies (practice
like Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools, Product Data and techniques adopted along the processes, using and
Management (PDM) platforms, and Enterprise Resource generating product data). These three elements (ICT,
Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Processes, and Methodologies) are the fundamentals of
solutions. These applications are offered by many market the PLM concept, evolving along the lifecycle phases of
vendors with different backgrounds and expertises, for the product (Figure 3).
supporting enterprise information management, along
diverse phases of an ideal product lifecycle. Such a term
– lifecycle – generally indicates the whole set of phases ICT
which could be recognized as independent stages to be (tools, interop.
standards,
MOL
to its grave”. According to [4], product lifecycle consists of
three main phases (Figure 2):
Beginning of Life (BOL), including design and
manufacturing. Design is a multilevel phase, since it Product
comprises product, process and plant design.
Generally, a design action is performed in a recursive
way, identifying requirements, defining reference
concepts, doing a more and more detailed design Methodologies Processes
and performing tests and prototypes. Today’s (practices, procedures,
techiniques, etc.)
(actors, activities,
competences,
Production system
configuration
A product service
support
PLM system
(a system of systems)
every day, sustainability is still not one of the first key issues. Many efforts have been made in the past twenty years for
factors in industrial decisions. In their day-by-day improving product development and lifecycle management. However,
decisions, companies cannot easily take into account many of these efforts have been disconnected. Approaches like PLM for
Sustainable Manufacturing, which is more and more integrating and sharing product data can be of great help in controlling
affected by lifecycle considerations. Additionally, this and supporting sustainability issues. As the next section aims at
happens at global level and so requires the consideration illustrating, in deep, PLM, [25] being the accepted setting for product
of related technical, operational, societal and cultural
design and management has the potential to incorporate
all the lifecycle considerations needed for a sustainable
development.