Industrial Symbiosis, Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 – A Case Study in Finland

IF 0.9 Q4 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Management and Production Engineering Review Pub Date : 2023-07-20 DOI:10.24425/mper.2021.139999

Anne-Mari Järvenpää, V. Salminen, Jussi Kantola

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Abstract

The aim of our research is to gain understanding about material ﬂow related information sharing in the circular economy value network in the form of industrial symbiosis. We need this understanding for facilitating new industrial symbiosis relationships and to support the optimization of operations. Circular economy has been promoted by politics and regulation by EU. In Finland, new circular economy strategy raises the facilitation of industrial symbiosis and data utilization as the key actions to improve sustainability and green growth. Companies stated that the practical problem is to get information on material availability. Digitalization is expected to boost material ﬂows in circular economy by data, but what are the real challenges with circular material ﬂows and what is the willingness of companies to develop co-operation? This paper seeks understanding on how Industry 4.0 is expected to improve the eﬃciency of waste or by-product ﬂows and what are the expectations of companies. The research question is: How Industry 4.0 technologies and solutions can ﬁx the gaps and discontinuities in the Industrial Symbiosis information ﬂow? This research is conducted as a qualitative case study research with three cases, three types of material and eight companies. Interview data were collected in Finland between January and March 2021. Companies we interviewed mentioned use-cases for sensors and analytics to optimize the material ﬂow but stated the investment cost compared to the value of information. To achieve sustainable circular material ﬂows, the development needs to be done in the bigger picture, for the chain or network of actors, and the motivation and the added value must be found for each of them.

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工业共生、循环经济与工业4.0——以芬兰为例

我们的研究目的是了解循环经济价值网络中以产业共生形式的物流相关信息共享。我们需要这种理解来促进新的工业共生关系，并支持操作的优化。循环经济得到了欧盟的政治和法规的推动。在芬兰，新的循环经济战略将促进产业共生和数据利用作为提高可持续性和绿色增长的关键行动。各公司表示，实际问题是获取有关材料可用性的信息。数字化有望通过数据促进循环经济中的物质流动，但循环物质流动的真正挑战是什么?企业发展合作的意愿是什么?本文旨在了解工业4.0如何提高废物或副产品流的效率，以及公司的期望是什么。研究的问题是:工业4.0技术和解决方案如何解决工业共生信息流中的差距和不连续性?本研究采用三个案例，三种材料，八家公司进行定性案例研究。访谈数据于2021年1月至3月在芬兰收集。我们采访的公司提到了传感器和分析的用例，以优化物料流，但陈述了与信息价值相比的投资成本。要实现可持续的物质循环流动，就必须从更大的角度出发，从行动者的链条或网络的角度出发，找到每个行动者的动力和附加价值。

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Management and Production Engineering Review ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-

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2.80

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21.40%

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期刊介绍： Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production and logistic systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, forecasting, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work, supply chain optimization and logistics. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management.