Toward an Integrated Sustainability Assessment in Through-life Engineering Services

Maryam Farsi, J. Erkoyuncu
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Through-life Engineering Services (TES) is comprised of develop, prepare, utilize and retire phases for complex engineering assets with a focus on maximizing their availability, predictability and reliability at the lowest possible life-cycle cost. TES employs a set of technologies and solutions to improve asset performance efficiently. On the other hand, optimal solutions for minimizing waste in terms of service time and resources is crucial for designing the right service at the right time. Thereby, specifying the possible TES opportunities within the economic, social and environmental sustainability dimensions can be an added value across different manufacturing sectors when deploying TES. However, due to the complexities and immensity of TES approaches, it is challenging to perceive such opportunities. To this end, the existing literature is limited to the effect of TES on economic sustainability and mostly focuses on investigating how TES has modified the service design to improve productivity and profitability. However, a comprehensive study on integrated sustainability has not been yet conducted. This paper presents a holistic view of the potential TES opportunities associated with the sustainability triple bottom line following a systematic review of empirical and theoretical advancements and methodological approaches in the literature. The outcome from this research raises the awareness of TES contribution in the design of sustainable service solutions and technologies, and offers a benchmark and reference point for future research in the field. Finally, this paper provides a set of recommendations that call for the further development of an integrated sustainability assessment framework for TES.
面向全寿命工程服务的综合可持续性评估
全寿命工程服务(TES)由复杂工程资产的开发、准备、利用和退役阶段组成,重点是在尽可能低的生命周期成本下最大限度地提高其可用性、可预测性和可靠性。TES采用一系列技术和解决方案来有效地提高资产性能。另一方面,最小化服务时间和资源浪费的最佳解决方案对于在正确的时间设计正确的服务至关重要。因此,在经济、社会和环境可持续性方面指定可能的TES机会可以在不同的制造部门部署TES时增加价值。然而,由于TES方法的复杂性和广泛性,发现这样的机会是具有挑战性的。为此,现有文献仅限于TES对经济可持续性的影响,并且主要侧重于研究TES如何修改服务设计以提高生产率和盈利能力。但是,目前还没有对综合可持续性进行全面的研究。本文通过对文献中的经验和理论进展以及方法方法的系统回顾,对与可持续性三重底线相关的潜在TES机会进行了全面的分析。本研究的结果提高了人们对TES在可持续服务解决方案和技术设计中的贡献的认识,并为该领域的未来研究提供了基准和参考点。最后,本文提出了一套建议,呼吁进一步发展TES的综合可持续性评估框架。
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