IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hal/journl/hal-04458223.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The Benefits and Barriers of Additive Manufacturing for Circular Economy: A Framework Proposal

Author

Listed:
  • T.M. Tavares

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

  • G.M.D. Ganga

    (UFSCar - Federal University of São Carlos)

  • M. Godinho Filho

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie, UFSCar - Federal University of São Carlos, AAU - Aalborg University [Denmark])

  • V.P. Rodrigues

    (Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Brazil) - Insper Institute of Education and Research)

Abstract

According to preliminary research, additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising technology for developing circular material flow. However, the impact of AM on the circular economy (CE) is unclear. To address this issue, this study proposes a framework that presents the benefits and barriers of AM for CE. This framework is valuable for generating a new path for AM production and restructuring the supply chain. This study uses a multi-method research approach to propose this framework. (i) Secondary qualitative data were used to find the best way to categorise the results; (ii) literature review was applied to understand how the phenomenon of AM adoption meets or does not meet CE requirements; and (iii) interviews with experts were conducted to evaluate the results. The findings help to systematically highlight the benefits and barriers of AM for the CE and provide a research agenda that identifies specific actions that AM stakeholders should take to align with the CE. The broader potential of AM as a beneficial technology for CE is contingent on overcoming the identified critical barriers, and the economic viability of circular AM activities. The findings could be relevant because they clearly show how AM technology brings companies and society closer to or farther from CE. © 2023 Institution of Chemical Engineers

Suggested Citation

  • T.M. Tavares & G.M.D. Ganga & M. Godinho Filho & V.P. Rodrigues, 2023. "The Benefits and Barriers of Additive Manufacturing for Circular Economy: A Framework Proposal," Post-Print hal-04458223, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04458223
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2023.03.006
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04458223. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: CCSD (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.