TY - CHAP

T1 - Circular supply chain management for the wind energy industry

T2 - WGAB Research Seminar 2022

AU - Kramer, Kathrin

AU - Schmidt, Matthias

N1 - Funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture under grant number ZN3489 within the Lower Saxony “Vorab” of the Volkswagen Foundation and supported by the Center for Digital Innovations (ZDIN).

PY - 2022/9/14

Y1 - 2022/9/14

N2 - Supply chains have to be designed and managed to handle complexity and uncertainties. Recent events (e.g. Covid-19) have shown how fragile supply chains can be when assumptions for the design and management of supply chains are challenged. In addition, governments are striving for systemic changes towards more sustainability (e.g. European Green Deal). To meet the resulting requirements, the concept of circular economy and with it, circular supply chain management (CSCM) are gaining attention as they could contribute to building a sustainable and resilient system. The German wind energy industry, with its long track record, is a suitable application for further research on CSCM, as the industry operates predominantly in a linear system and relies on finite materials. Despite, research on CSCM for the wind energy industry is still rare. The aim of the paper is therefore to present conceptional ideas that enable an efficient design of a circular wind energy industry in Germany. Aspects from an organization, products and processes level of a CSCM are outlined. These ideas contribute to the state of the art and inspire future discussions between researchers and practitioners.

AB - Supply chains have to be designed and managed to handle complexity and uncertainties. Recent events (e.g. Covid-19) have shown how fragile supply chains can be when assumptions for the design and management of supply chains are challenged. In addition, governments are striving for systemic changes towards more sustainability (e.g. European Green Deal). To meet the resulting requirements, the concept of circular economy and with it, circular supply chain management (CSCM) are gaining attention as they could contribute to building a sustainable and resilient system. The German wind energy industry, with its long track record, is a suitable application for further research on CSCM, as the industry operates predominantly in a linear system and relies on finite materials. Despite, research on CSCM for the wind energy industry is still rare. The aim of the paper is therefore to present conceptional ideas that enable an efficient design of a circular wind energy industry in Germany. Aspects from an organization, products and processes level of a CSCM are outlined. These ideas contribute to the state of the art and inspire future discussions between researchers and practitioners.

KW - Engineering

KW - Circular economy

KW - Circular Supply Chain Management

KW - Wind energy

KW - Germany

KW - Sustainability

KW - Supply chain management

UR - https://library.gito.de/2022/08/wgab22-04_kramer/

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/26c17b9d-4b02-3447-a0c6-4c434dd3a948/

U2 - 10.30844/WGAB_2022_4

DO - 10.30844/WGAB_2022_4

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

T3 - Schriftenreihe der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Arbeits- und Betriebsorganisation (WGAB) e. V.

SP - 61

EP - 80

BT - Digitization of the work environment for sustainable production

A2 - Plapper, Peter

PB - GITO mbH Verlag

CY - Berlin

Y2 - 9 September 2022 through 10 September 2022

ER -