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Table 7.4 Expected enablers
Enablers
Description
Material identification
Technology and systems to identify materials (Corbin
et al. 2018)
Material monitoring
Technology to track and trace materials (Corbin et al.
2018) such as IoT, sensors, blockchain, RFID, etc.
Material processing at the end of life Technology for sorting, separating, and further purifying
materials, for example through chemical recycling
(Rahimi and García 2017)
Product design guidelines
Rules on design for disassembly and design for material
identification (Mestre and Cooper 2017)
Standardised material portfolio
Standardised materials to optimise revalorisation
processing and increase recovered volumes (Prendeville
et al. 2014)
7.4.8 Expected Challenges for the Adoption
and Implementation of MSSs
The following challenges have been identified for MSSs, see Table 7.5.
7.5 Discussion
At present, material suppliers make business by sourcing, processing and selling
virgin material resources extracted from our planet. Producers buy these material
resources and manufacture products that are sold to consumers. At the end of product
life only a small proportion of these resources are recovered and recycled. PSSs are
business models through which producers sell the performance of products. PSSs
can help control the flow of material resources as product ownership is shifted from
consumers to producers. MSSs depict a future where resource usage is transformed
and where business models, design and manufacturing processes, and product value
and ownership are redefined compared to both traditional business and PSS models.
MSSs have the potential to disrupt the current linear economy by shifting us faster
towards a circular economy in which resources are more effectively managed and
reliance on new resources is reduced. In particular, MSSs can extend the circular
economy as a regenerative system to the material level (as opposed to the component level) contributing to increasing the recycling of technical materials. MSSs can
transform the future manufacturing landscape by:
• Introducing new business models and performance offerings. Material suppliers
will sell the performance of material resources as a service to producers, who in
turn will sell access to products.
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Table 7.4 Expected enablers
Enablers
Description
Material identification
Technology and systems to identify materials (Corbin
et al. 2018)
Material monitoring
Technology to track and trace materials (Corbin et al.
2018) such as IoT, sensors, blockchain, RFID, etc.
Material processing at the end of life Technology for sorting, separating, and further purifying
materials, for example through chemical recycling
(Rahimi and García 2017)
Product design guidelines
Rules on design for disassembly and design for material
identification (Mestre and Cooper 2017)
Standardised material portfolio
Standardised materials to optimise revalorisation
processing and increase recovered volumes (Prendeville
et al. 2014)
7.4.8 Expected Challenges for the Adoption
and Implementation of MSSs
The following challenges have been identified for MSSs, see Table 7.5.
7.5 Discussion
At present, material suppliers make business by sourcing, processing and selling
virgin material resources extracted from our planet. Producers buy these material
resources and manufacture products that are sold to consumers. At the end of product
life only a small proportion of these resources are recovered and recycled. PSSs are
business models through which producers sell the performance of products. PSSs
can help control the flow of material resources as product ownership is shifted from
consumers to producers. MSSs depict a future where resource usage is transformed
and where business models, design and manufacturing processes, and product value
and ownership are redefined compared to both traditional business and PSS models.
MSSs have the potential to disrupt the current linear economy by shifting us faster
towards a circular economy in which resources are more effectively managed and
reliance on new resources is reduced. In particular, MSSs can extend the circular
economy as a regenerative system to the material level (as opposed to the component level) contributing to increasing the recycling of technical materials. MSSs can
transform the future manufacturing landscape by:
• Introducing new business models and performance offerings. Material suppliers
will sell the performance of material resources as a service to producers, who in
turn will sell access to products.