TY - JOUR
T1 - A data-driven reversible framework for achieving Sustainable Smart product-service systems
AU - Li, Xinyu
AU - Wang, Zuoxu
AU - Chen, Chun Hsien
AU - Zheng, Pai
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore and Delta Electronics International (Singapore) Pte Ltd., under the Corporate Laboratory@ University Scheme (Ref. RCA-16/434; SCO-RP1 ) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This research work was partially supported by the grants from the Research Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under Start-up Fund for New Recruits ( 1-BE2X ) and Departmental General Research Fund ( U-GAHH ).
Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore and Delta Electronics International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. under the Corporate Laboratory@ University Scheme (Ref. RCA-16/434; SCO-RP1) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. This research work was partially supported by the grants from the Research Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under Start-up Fund for New Recruits (1-BE2X) and Departmental General Research Fund (U-GAHH).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/1/10
Y1 - 2021/1/10
N2 - Higher sustainability with extended product lifecycle is a tireless pursuit in companies’ product design/development endeavours. In this regard, two prevailing concepts, namely the smart circular system and smart product-service system (Smart PSS), have been introduced, respectively. However, most existing studies only focus on the sustainability of physical materials and components, without considering the cyber-physical resources as a whole, let alone an integrated strategy towards the so-called Sustainable Smart PSS. To fill the gap, this paper discusses the key features in Sustainable Smart PSS development from a broadened scope of cyber-physical resources management. A data-driven reversible framework is hereby proposed to sustainably exploit high-value and context-dependent information/knowledge in the development of Sustainable Smart PSS. A four-step context-aware process in the framework, including requirement elicitation, solution recommendation, solution evaluation, and knowledge evolvement, is further introduced to support the decision-making and optimization along the extended or circular lifecycle. An illustrative example is depicted in the sustainable development of a smart 3D printer, which validates the feasibility and advantages of the proposed framework. As an explorative study, it is hoped that this work provides useful insights for Smart PSS development with sustainability concerns in a cyber-physical environment.
AB - Higher sustainability with extended product lifecycle is a tireless pursuit in companies’ product design/development endeavours. In this regard, two prevailing concepts, namely the smart circular system and smart product-service system (Smart PSS), have been introduced, respectively. However, most existing studies only focus on the sustainability of physical materials and components, without considering the cyber-physical resources as a whole, let alone an integrated strategy towards the so-called Sustainable Smart PSS. To fill the gap, this paper discusses the key features in Sustainable Smart PSS development from a broadened scope of cyber-physical resources management. A data-driven reversible framework is hereby proposed to sustainably exploit high-value and context-dependent information/knowledge in the development of Sustainable Smart PSS. A four-step context-aware process in the framework, including requirement elicitation, solution recommendation, solution evaluation, and knowledge evolvement, is further introduced to support the decision-making and optimization along the extended or circular lifecycle. An illustrative example is depicted in the sustainable development of a smart 3D printer, which validates the feasibility and advantages of the proposed framework. As an explorative study, it is hoped that this work provides useful insights for Smart PSS development with sustainability concerns in a cyber-physical environment.
KW - Context-awareness
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Reversible design
KW - Smart product-service system
KW - Sustainability
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123618
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123618
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85089748071
VL - 279
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
SN - 0959-6526
M1 - 123618
ER -