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and tools through organizations that they already know and trust. Working with
several sectors in parallel through the Life Cycle Champion network encourages a
multidisciplinary approach, essential to improving decision making across entire
supply chains.
The results that can be reused elsewhere include new developments, such as a
methodology to evaluate the maturity of sectors adaptable for different sectors and
other regions in order to foster the implementation of Life Cycle Management
worldwide.
In addition a very detailed action plan is developed for large scale roll-out of Life
Cycle approaches in business and higher education. Each action plan aims to plan
for the generalized roll-out of LCM in businesses across all industry sectors in the
region. The engagement of stakeholders ensures that the benefi ts and effects will be
perpetuated beyond the implementation phase.
In order to widely test and improve the methodology, a large scale project integrating regions from other European countries (Belgium, Portugal and Spain) is
ongoing (Life Cycle in Practice – LIFE+ Funds). It aims to apply this approach in
different regions, to improve the method and to validate the conclusions.
It is planned to publish the improvements achieved with regard to the sustainability performance of products, processes and organizations of at least one sector
within the case study of Northern France, once confi dentially agreements have been
fi nalized.
Acknowledgements Authors would like to express sincere thanks to Christian Traisnel and Eric
Kniaz for all their valuable feedbacks. The approach described is supported by the Nord-Pas de
Calais Regional Council and the French environment agency, ADEME.
Fig. 7.4 The LCM champion network
7 Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized…
and tools through organizations that they already know and trust. Working with
several sectors in parallel through the Life Cycle Champion network encourages a
multidisciplinary approach, essential to improving decision making across entire
supply chains.
The results that can be reused elsewhere include new developments, such as a
methodology to evaluate the maturity of sectors adaptable for different sectors and
other regions in order to foster the implementation of Life Cycle Management
worldwide.
In addition a very detailed action plan is developed for large scale roll-out of Life
Cycle approaches in business and higher education. Each action plan aims to plan
for the generalized roll-out of LCM in businesses across all industry sectors in the
region. The engagement of stakeholders ensures that the benefi ts and effects will be
perpetuated beyond the implementation phase.
In order to widely test and improve the methodology, a large scale project integrating regions from other European countries (Belgium, Portugal and Spain) is
ongoing (Life Cycle in Practice – LIFE+ Funds). It aims to apply this approach in
different regions, to improve the method and to validate the conclusions.
It is planned to publish the improvements achieved with regard to the sustainability performance of products, processes and organizations of at least one sector
within the case study of Northern France, once confi dentially agreements have been
fi nalized.
Acknowledgements Authors would like to express sincere thanks to Christian Traisnel and Eric
Kniaz for all their valuable feedbacks. The approach described is supported by the Nord-Pas de
Calais Regional Council and the French environment agency, ADEME.
Fig. 7.4 The LCM champion network
7 Mainstreaming the Use of Life Cycle Management in Small and Medium Sized…