An integrated approachfor the benchmarking of production facilities’ environmentalperformance: data envelopment analysis and life cycleassessment

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2019

Keywords

Design decision support tools, design for environment, life-cycle assessment

DOI

10.1080/19397038.2018.1551945

Abstract

Environmental impacts have become an important consideration in the manufacturing industry due to increasing public pressure for environment protection and the requirements of recently launched legislations. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a widely adopted methodological approach for the benchmarking of the relative efficiency of different production units. Changes in production efficiency may affect environmental impacts. DEA can be used for identifying the most efficient production facility and hence, the environmental impacts generated from the different production lines can then be benchmarked. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is carried out to quantify the full environmental impacts of a product from ‘cradle to grave’. The integration of LCA with DEA, efficiency and environmental impact of different production processes for a certain family of products can be evaluated and benchmarked. The proposed two-stage approach can help to reduce the aggregate environmental impacts of the manufacturing phase and is used to benchmark the environmental performance of several production lines in a manufacturing company.

Source Publication

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volume Number

12

Issue Number

2

First Page

108

Last Page

114

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