Methodologies, Technologies, Processes and People Able to Foster Sustainable Practices and Operations Along the Product and Service Lifecycle Management

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to collect studies focusing on the redefinition of product (service) lifecycle management for sustainable products and services considering the impact of methodologies, technologies, processes, systems, and people in fostering sustainable practices and operations within organizations and along the entire value chain. Embracing a large set of methodologies, technologies, processes, systems, and human resources, product lifecycle management could be able to support companies in sustainable products and services conceptualization, design, manufacturing, delivery, maintenance, and disposal in order to assure the integration of the three sustainability dimensions: economic, social, environmental.

One or more dimensions of sustainability could be evaluated along product (service) lifecycle but also the adoption of an integrated vision along the economic, social, and environmental dimensions are encouraged in order to usefully supplement existing literature. We are interested in review articles as well as qualitative and quantitative research, such as case studies, surveys, and accounts of ethnographic research from any field of application (e.g., manufacturing, construction, agrifood, cultural, fashion). We welcome submissions of original and high-quality research that fit the Special Issue theme and have not been previously published nor are currently under review by other journals. Papers selected for this Special Issue will be subject to a peer review procedure and careful editorial scrutiny.

 Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Methodologies for sustainable product lifecycle management
• Technologies for sustainable product lifecycle management
• Involvement of people, consumers, and stakeholders in sustainable product lifecycle
• Design of sustainable product and services
• Product information traceability along the lifecycle to reach sustainability
• Product information management for sustainable supply chain
• Environmental sustainability and waste management in product (service) lifecycle management
• Life cycle assessment analysis for improving product (service) lifecycle management
• Changing product (service) lifecycle management for a circular economy
• Sustainable production phase with cyber–physical systems
• Digital twin for sustainable design, production, and maintenance phases
• Impacts on business models of a sustainable product (service) lifecycle management
• Consumer and producer perspectives in sustainable product lifecycle management

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Corallo, A., Latino, M. E., Menegoli, M., & Striani, F. (2020). What factors impact on technological traceability systems diffusion in the agrifood industry? An Italian survey. Journal of Rural Studies, 75, 30-47.

Corallo, A., Latino, M. E., Lazoi, M., Lettera, S., Marra, M., & Verardi, S. (2013). Defining Product Lifecycle Management: A Journey across Features, Definitions, and Concepts. ISRN Industrial Engineering, 2013, 1–10. doi: 10.1155/2013/170812

Corallo, A., Latino, M. E., & Menegoli, M. (2019). A Business Process Modelling Approach for Supporting Traceability in Food Industry. In2019 8th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM)(pp. 265-269). IEEE.

Corallo, A., Paiano, R., Guido, A. L., Pandurino, A., Latino, M. E., & Menegoli, M. (2018). Intelligent monitoring Internet of Things based system for agri-food value chain traceability and transparency: A framework proposed. In 2018 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS). IEEE.

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Sassanelli C., Pezzotta G., Pirola F., Sala R., Margarito A., Lazoi M., Corallo A., Rossi M., Terzi S., (2018), Using design rules to guide the PSS design in an Engineering Platform based on the Product Service Lifecycle Management (PSLM) paradigm, International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Special Issue on: Lifecycle Management of Product-Service Systems and Smart Products, Vol. 11, Issue 2; DOI: 10.1504/IJPLM.2018.092826          

Sassanelli C., Rossi, M., & Terzi, S. (2020). Evaluating the smart maturity of manufacturing companies along the product development process to set a PLM project roadmap. International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 12(3), 185-209.

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Prof. Dr. Angelo Corallo
Dr. Mariangela Lazoi
Dr. Maria Elena Latino
Dr. Monica Rossi
Guest Editors

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• product traceability
• digital twin
• life cycle assessment
• waste management
• circular economy
• sustainable products and services
• sustainable product lifecycle
• sustainable supply chain
• sustainable production and delivery
• sustainable maintenance
• sustainable economy