Wagner / Enzler Material Flow Management

Improving Cost Efficiency and Environmental Performance
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-7908-1665-5
Verlag: Physica-Verlag HD
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten

Reihe: Sustainability and Innovation

Material flow management offers enterprises a high potential for realizing new economic competitive advantages. The eco-efficient optimization of material flow cutS costs while simultaneously achieving long-term ecological sustainability. This book summarises the fundamental concepts and tools of material flow management, and presents contemporary methods and findings. Case studies illustrate the results from recent research projects conducted in cooperation with industrial companies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Bernd

Enzler, Stefan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Contents;8
3;1 Introduction;13
3.1;1.1 Brief Description of CARE Research Project;14
3.2;1.2 Brief Description of EPIVI- Kompas Research Project;15
3.3;1.3 Brief Description of INTUS Research Project;16
3.4;1.4 Brief Description of IC Research Project;17
3.5;1.5 Brief Description of StreaM Research Project;18
4;2 Aspects of Material Flow Management;19
4.1;2.1 The Term " Material Flow Management";20
4.2;2.2 Stakeholders and Networks of Material Flow Management 2.2.1 Stakeholders In Material Flow Management;21
4.3;2.3 Forms of Material Flow Management;27
4.4;2.4 Summary;29
4.5;References;30
5;3 Computer Aided Resource Efficiency Accounting;33
5.1;3.1 Introduction;33
5.2;3.3 Case Study: Toshiba Europe 3.3.1 Initial Situation and Objective;59
5.3;3.2 Methodological Approach;39
5.4;References;65
6;4 Measuring Environmental Performance with EPIVI- KOIVIPAS Software Tool - Material Flow Analyses, Environmental Assessment and Success Control;69
6.1;4.1 Decision Support: The Basic Principle;69
6.2;4.2 Willingness and Capability to Perform: Commitment, Competence and Choice;70
6.3;4.3 Environmental Performance and Environmental Success: What Should Be Measured?;71
6.4;4.4 The EPM-KOMPAS: How Does the Tool Work?;76
6.5;4.5 Practical Application: A Case Study 4.5.1 Data Collection;89
6.6;4.6 Strategic Environmental Management and the EPMKOIVIPAS Options;97
6.7;4.7 Outlook;100
7;5 Integrated Controlling Based on Material and Energy Flow Analysis - A Case Study in Foundry Industries;103
7.1;5.1 Introduction;103
7.2;5.2 Phase Model for Introducing Integrated Controlling in Foundry Companies;108
7.3;5.3 Case Study: Model Foundry;122
7.4;5.4 Summary;138
7.5;References;140
8;6 Environmental Accounting Instruments: Implementation & Continuous Use - Concepts for the Application of Input- Output Balance, Environmental Performance Indicators and Flow Cost Accounting;143
8.1;6.1 Introduction;143
8.2;6.2 Research Project INTUS;144
8.3;6.3 Combination of Tools;146
8.4;6.4 Information Technology Support Concept;150
8.5;6.5 The Challenge of Organisational Integration;153
8.6;6.6 Case Study: Preparation of Corporate Input-Output Balances and Environmentally Related Consumption Quantity Analyses in SAP R/ 3 6.6.1 Initial Situation;157
8.7;6.7 Summary and Outlook;166
8.8;References;168
9;7 Efficient Closure of IVIaterial and Component;171
9.1;7.1 Introduction;172
9.2;7.2 Procedure for Practical Realisation;175
9.3;7.3 Implementation of Information Concept;176
9.4;7.4 Recycling;180
9.5;7.5 Re-use of Product Components from ADC 70;185
9.6;7.6 Spare Parts Supplying at Agfa-Gevaert AG, Using ADC Compact Example;196
9.7;7.7 Outlook: Strategic Planning for Integrating Product Component Re-use;205
9.8;7.8 Summary;206
9.9;References;207
10;8 Developments in Material Flow Management: Outlook and Perspectives;209
10.1;8.1 Existing Obstacles to Material Flow Management;209
10.2;8.2 Required Developments in Material Flow Management;210
10.3;8.3 Summary;213
11;About the Authors;215

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6 Environmental Accounting Instruments: Implementation & Continuous Use - Concepts for the Application of Input-Output Balance, Environmental Performance Indicators and Flow Cost Accounting (S.131)

Claus Lang-Koetz, Thomas Loew, Severin Beucker, Michael Steinfeldt, Uwe Horstmann, Till Sieghart
Claus Lang-Koetz, Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management (lAT), University of Stuttgart, Germany
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Thomas Loew, Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin/ Germany
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Severin Beucker, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (lAO), Stuttgart/ Germany
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Michael Steinfeldt, Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Berlin/ Germany
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Uwe Horstmann, Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH, Niimberg/ Germany
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Till Sieghart, Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH, Niimberg/ Germany
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6.1 Introduction

Within the scope of the three-year research project INTUS, concepts were developed for facilitating the introduction of controlling tools into the internal environmental management systems of enterprises. The new concepts relate to the three key problems with which companies are faced when striving to optimise the internal provision of information in regards to environment-oriented management.

Areas to be considered here include

(i) the suitability of the various environmental accounting tools,

(ii) the provision of the tools by way of information technology, and

(iii) the organisational implementation during the introductory phase and in longterm utilisation.

6.2 Research Project INTUS

One of the classic challenges of controlling is the efficient provision of information at the right time, in an appropriate volume in regards to the task at hand and in a suitable format. Environmental accounting, being a sub-function of environmental management in corporate practice, is faced with this challenge as well.

Today, environmental accounting has access to a wide variety of tools. The most important of these include product life-cycle assessments, corporate input-output balances, environmental performance indicators, various environmental activity-based costing approaches as well as a multitude of ecological assessment methods.

The product life-cycle assessment approaches, which initially showed a quite significant amount of variation, have been unified in the meantime; the methodological fi*amework is described in four ISO standards (ISO 14040 to ISO 14043). In principle, it is known in which cases and with what software support a practical application of product life-cycle assessments and similar approaches is possible.

Up to now, the situation was different concerning tools for supporting production-related environmental management. In this area, corporate input-output balances, environmental performance indicators and flow cost accounting (a highly promising environmental cost management approach) have long since been recommended as particularly promising tools.

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