Can we compare the environmental performance of this product to that one? An update on the development of product category rules and future challenges toward alignment

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 102-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley W. Ingwersen ◽  
Martha J. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Product Category Rules ◽  
Future Challenges

Multidimensional Analysis of Supply Chain Environmental Performance

2012 ◽  
pp. 860-878
Author(s):  
Antti Sirkka ◽  
Marko Junkkari
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Level Analysis

Monitoring the environmental performance of a product is recognized to be increasingly important. The most common method of measuring the environmental performance is the international standards of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Typically, measuring is based on estimations and average values at product category level. In this chapter, the authors present a framework for measuring environmental impact at the item level. Using Traceability Graph, emissions and resources can be monitored from the data management perspective. The model can be mapped to any precision level of physical tracing. At the most precise level, even a single physical object and its components can be analyzed. This, of course, demands that the related objects and their components are identified and mapped to the database. From the opposite perspective, the authors’ model also supports rough level analysis of products and their histories. In terms of the Traceability Cube, multidimensional analysis can be applied for traceability data.

Multidimensional Analysis of Supply Chain Environmental Performance

2012 ◽  
pp. 231-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti Sirkka ◽  
Marko Junkkari
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Level Analysis

Monitoring the environmental performance of a product is recognized to be increasingly important. The most common method of measuring the environmental performance is the international standards of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Typically, measuring is based on estimations and average values at product category level. In this chapter, the authors present a framework for measuring environmental impact at the item level. Using Traceability Graph emissions and resources, it can be monitored from the data management perspective. The model can be mapped to any precision level of physical tracing. At the most precise level, even a single physical object and its components can be analyzed. This, of course, demands that the related objects and their components are identified and mapped to the database. From the opposite perspective, the authors’ model also supports rough level analysis of products and their histories. In terms of the Traceability Cube, multidimensional analysis can be applied for traceability data.

Product category rules alignment workshop, October 4, 2011 in Chicago, IL, USA

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Ingwersen ◽  
Vairavan Subramanian ◽  
Rita Schenck ◽  
Lindita Bushi ◽  
Amy Costello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Category ◽  
Product Category Rules
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