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A foresight study on future trends influencing material consumption and waste generation in production

Authors:

Sasha Shahbazi, Carina Sjödin, Marcus Bjelkemyr, Magnus Wiktorsson

Research group:

Product and Production Development

Publication Type:

Conference/Workshop Paper

Venue:

24th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing

Publisher:

DEStech Publications, Inc.

Abstract

There are boundless upcoming factors that influence future of material waste in production. This broad range of factors needs to be scanned, categorized and analyzed in a structured way. This paper by a foresight study, aims to give an insight and increase awareness about external macro-level future trends concerning raw material consumption and waste generation in production. A limited pilot study indicated that technological forecasting and some reaction upon obvious trends are being taken, although in an ad hoc manner and without structured tools. However, political influences, economic visions and social-cultural shifts were seldom or never discussed. External macro trends and tendencies were examined through PEST analysis to identify potentials and opportunities influencing strategic decisions and innovation initiatives. It is vital to understand the whole picture of possible changes and not only considering the technological trends, but also other relevant development areas that might affect production in different ways.

Bibtex

@inproceedings{Shahbazi3490,
author = {Sasha Shahbazi and Carina Sj{\"o}din and Marcus Bjelkemyr and Magnus Wiktorsson},
title = {A foresight study on future trends influencing material consumption and waste generation in production},
month = {May},
year = {2014},
booktitle = {24th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing },
publisher = {DEStech Publications, Inc.},
url = {http://www.ipr.mdu.se/publications/3490-}
}