Remanufacturing is a circular manufacturing (CM) strategy that emerges as a sustainable
manufacturing approach to recover the value of end-of-life products. It is a challenging …

Digital Twins offer vast potential, yet many companies, particularly small and medium-sized
enterprises, hesitate to implement them. This hesitation stems partly from the challenges …

Despite the growth of the research on lean and green manufacturing systems, consideration
of how circular economy principles complement lean has been virtually absent from the …

In the late 1990s, product-service systems (PSS) emerged from integrating products and
services to meet customer needs (Goedkoop et al., 1999). Over time, the literature evolved …

Purpose This study explores the interplay between lean management and circular
production systems and their implications on zero-waste performance, green value …

Purpose The need to improve sustainability in manufacturing firms, which would allow them
to reduce the emission of pollutants and the generation of industrial waste, has stimulated …

Technological innovation has been widely recognized both as a trigger and catalyzer
towards sustainability. However, hardly ever manufacturing companies are ready and …

The construction industry is responsible for 32% of the world's consumption of natural
resources, causing 850 million tons of construction waste in the European Union alone. The …

Due to growing concerns about electronic waste (e-waste), manufacturers are constantly
pressured to adopt sustainable product development. In this regard, a product-service …

Circular Economy is a model that proposes the closure of loops in the production of goods
and services to reduce the depletion of natural resources, pollution, and high levels of …