Industrial Sufficiency: A Conceptual Methodological Framework
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Study Selection
3. Results
3.1. Defining Industrial Sufficiency
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- The socio-ecologically acceptable level companies shall act on is determined by the values of society and the utilization of the environment. In other words, the concept is inherently linked to the concept of planetary boundaries and socially accepted goals;
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- The concept presupposes a holistic understanding of value. Companies not only contribute to value creation through the creation of financial and/or functional added value but also, for example, in the common goods economy through their contribution to maintaining or improving the socio-ecological status quo;
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- A limit can only be set as long as a company remains viable. The decisive question here is the point at which the economic viability of a company is given or ensured.
3.2. Strategic Approaches to Industrial Sufficiency
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- Frugality refers generally to focus on simplicity and is further characterized by functionality, performance level, and cost reduction in the corporate context [90,102]. In an industrial context, this affects the offered range of functionalities, the size, or resource consumption. The sustainability strategy of efficiency is closely related to the concept of frugality. The reduction in non-essential elements is inherently linked to the concept of efficiency, while frugality represents the maximization of this concept;
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- Longevity refers to the ability of a material to endure its lifecycle [103]. In the context of this paper, longevity is not limited to materials but also refers to the concept of products being useful and functional for an extended period before they are discarded or replaced. This strategy is strongly connected to the sustainability strategy of consistency. The main difference to this strategy in the context of sufficiency lies in the focus on usability and functionality, whereas the consistency strategy aims for closed material flows;
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- Specificity relates to achieving renunciation and reduction through adaptation to special circumstances or needs. As this can lead to emotional attachment, resource cycles can be extended [100]. Consequently, specificity can ensure that the capacity for longevity is also realized.
3.3. Product-Specific Industrial Sufficiency Strategy
3.3.1. Frugality of Products
3.3.2. Longevity of Products
3.3.3. Specificity of Products
3.4. Production-Specific Industrial Sufficiency Strategy
3.4.1. Frugality in Production
3.4.2. Longevity of Production
3.4.3. Specificity of Production
3.5. Business-Model-Specific Industrial Sufficiency Strategy
3.5.1. Frugal Business Models
3.5.2. Longevity Business Models
3.5.3. Specific Business Models
3.6. Challenges for Sufficiency
3.6.1. Interactions Between Individual Measures and Strategies
3.6.2. Contradiction to the Ideology of Growth
3.6.3. Customer Behavior Patterns
3.7. Framework for ISZ Implementation: Sufficiency Circle
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Frugality | Longevity | Specificity | Source | ||
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Business Model | Frugal Range of Offers | X | X | [1,26] | |
Integration of Services | X | X | [1,28,51,52,53,54,55,56] | ||
Sharing | X | X | [11,28,33,52,55,56,57,58,59,60,61] | ||
Repair Services | X | [26,28,62,63,64] | |||
Remanufacturing/Upgrades | X | [65,66,67,68,69,70,71] | |||
Promotion/Support of Used Goods | X | X | [2,28,32,72,73,74,75,76] | ||
Premium Business Models | X | X | [1,28,57,73,77] | ||
Production | Energy Consumption | X | [10,78,79,80,81,82,83] | ||
Usage of Small Devices | X | [10,26] | |||
Usage of High-Quality Equipment | X | [84] | |||
Local Production | X | X | [33,63,78,85,86,87,88,89] | ||
Product | Frugal Design | X | [79,90,91,92,93] | ||
Frugal Packaging | X | [81,94,95,96] | |||
Product Quality | X | [32,64,73,81,83,86,97] | |||
Repairability | X | X | X | [28,55,63,93,98,99] | |
Personalized Products | X | X | [32,73,100] | ||
Specific Design | X | X | X | [57] | |
Luxury Goods | X | X | [28,97,101] |
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Schmidhäuser P, Inhofer M, Buchholz A, Mais F, Miehe R. Industrial Sufficiency: A Conceptual Methodological Framework. Sustainability. 2024; 16(24):11121. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411121
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchmidhäuser, Paul, Max Inhofer, Annika Buchholz, Franziska Mais, and Robert Miehe. 2024. "Industrial Sufficiency: A Conceptual Methodological Framework" Sustainability 16, no. 24: 11121. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411121
APA StyleSchmidhäuser, P., Inhofer, M., Buchholz, A., Mais, F., & Miehe, R. (2024). Industrial Sufficiency: A Conceptual Methodological Framework. Sustainability, 16(24), 11121. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162411121