By Marzieh Ghiyasinasab, Polytechnical University of Montreal
Aircraft End-of-Life
- Marzieh Ghiyasinasab
- Samira Keivanpour
- Henk de Man
This case study demonstrates how VDMbee Strategyplanner can be used to design effective Business Ecosystems and Business Models for the circular economy.
It is about End-of-Life handling of aircraft.
Owners sell their aircraft to organizations that coordinate the End-of-Life handling. End-of-Life handling partners participate in a Business Ecosystem that provide their services to dismantle the aircraft, re-purpose and re-certify components, scrap, sort and recycle material, etc.
The Plan has been developed based on assumed choices regarding the extent to which sorting and recycling is performed and End-of-Life activities are subcontracted.
Value impact is analyzed on financial and ecological objectives, for the following viewpoints:
- an individual Business Model
- the Business Ecosystem as a whole
- the society
The Plan can be adapted and extended by adding alternative approaches. This plan serves as basis for decision making about the most productive configuration of aircraft End-of-Life handling.
Follow this link to CIRRELT for free download of the research publication.
(https://www.cirrelt.ca/documentstravail/cirrelt-2022-08.pdf)
