Driving Process Innovation: A Structured Method for Improving Efficiency in SMEs

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• 作者：Alessandra Papetti ; ^{a.papetti@pm.univpm.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Eugenia Marilungo ; Fabio Gregori ; Michele Germani
• 关键词：process innovation ; energy efficiency ; data management ; lean manufacturing ; energy measurement
• 刊名：Procedia CIRP
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：Complete
• 页码：448-453
• 全文大小：642 K

文摘

This paper proposes a method to drive process innovation toward the increase in efficiency of a production plant.

The work defines a structured method, supported by a classification tool, to correctly organize whole plant information with a mayor focus on energy consumptions. The method was tested in a medium enterprise with the target to increase the efficiency of the entire production plant. The method is the basis for a web application tool. A correct data management permits to plan the best practices to improve processes and systems involved in terms of environmental and economic impacts, meaning a process sustainable innovation.