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Can Re-distributed Manufacturing and Digital Intelligence Enable a Regenerative Economy? An Integrative Literature Review

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This paper uses an integrative literature review to explore the concept of re-distributed manufacturing and the opportunities to deliver more regenerative and resilient systems of production and consumption through the application of circular innovation. The study identified multiple similarities between the drivers of re-distributed and circular models of production and consumption that could be fostered by the use of digital intelligence. A set of criteria for redistributed manufacturing and circular innovation were developed and used to identify 33 existing case studies of consumer goods production. Case study analysis resulted in the identification of three types of re-distributed manufacturing that integrated characteristics of circular innovation. The paper concludes by describing some of the future research challenges in the transition towards re-distributed and circular models of production.

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Notes

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    EPSRC and ESRC are part of the UK Research Council funding bodies on Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council respectively.

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The EPSRC and ESRC Grant (EP/M017567/1) have funded this research as part of the Networks on Re-distributed Manufacturing. We thank our industry partners, Dragon Rouge, Cisco and Agency of Design for their time and valuable advice in the development of this feasibility study.

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    Mariale Moreno & Fiona Charnley

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    Robert J. Howlett

  3. School of Engg, Rm S1.04, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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Moreno, M., Charnley, F. (2016). Can Re-distributed Manufacturing and Digital Intelligence Enable a Regenerative Economy? An Integrative Literature Review. In: Setchi, R., Howlett, R., Liu, Y., Theobald, P. (eds) Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016. SDM 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 52. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_48

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