Product Service Systems Method on Jepara Furniture
Industry Sustainability Assessment
Ratna Purwaningsih
Industrial Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering - University of Diponegoro
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
ratna.tiundip@gmail.com
Novie Susanto
Industrial Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering - University of Diponegoro
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
nophie.susanto@gmail.com
Nadira Apsari
Industrial Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering - University of Diponegoro
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
nadirapsari@gmail.com
Abstract— Jepara Furniture Industry timber consumption
is 2.2 million m
3
per year. The Jepara timber consumption
are exceed production capacity of Java Island forest which
only 900 thousand m
3
per year. The development of the
furniture industry sector is seen as an activity that causes
impacts on the environment changes. The depletion of raw
materials while the higher consumer demand can result in
unsustainable industry. Research objective are identify the
critical sustainability dimension and kriteria of Jepara
furniture industry.
The method used to identify the dimensions of
sustainability in this study is the Product- Service Systems
(PSS). PSS promising a more sustainable system to
integrate environment with social and economic aspects.
The results show that sustainability criteria need to be
improved are resource reduction, health and safety,
employment, and long-term business development.
Recommendations are then compared and tested to
determine the feasibility and possibility of its application.
Radar of sustainability at the end of discussion give brief
overview about the suitable recommendation to increase
sustainability furniture industry.
Keywords—furniture industry; sustainability, product service
system, environment, social economic aspect
I. INTRODUCTION
Brundtland Report [1] define Sustainable development as a
development that seeks to meet the needs of today generation,
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their needs. The Indonesia Republic Ministry of Environment
[2] said that development can be measured on sustainability
based on three criteria, (1) There is no wasteful use of natural
resources or depletion of natural resources; (2) There is no
pollution and other environmental impacts; (3) The activities
should be able to increase the useable resources or replaceable
resource. Fauzy [3] states that there are three main reasons
why economic development should be sustainable. The first
reason is morality, because the current generation enjoy the
goods and services produced from natural resources, they
needs to pay attention to the availability of natural resources
for future generations. Second is ecological reasons, because
biodiversity have very high ecological value, the use of natural
resources should not be threatening the ecological functions.
The third reason is the economic reason, the measurement of
intergenerational welfare (intergeneration welfare
maximization).
Sustainability Assessment has been developed in various
fields. In the mining and minerals sector sustainability
indicators have been developed by the Mining, Minerals and
Sustainable Development (MMSD). In the forest sector
sustainability impact assessment of the supply chain of timber
is measured using ToSIA/A Tool for Sustainability Impact
Assessment [4]. In chemical sector characterization factors for
eco-toxicity and human toxicity is measured by the method of
the Uniform System for the Evaluation of Substance (USES-
LCA). Eco-toxicological characterization factors available for
terrestrial ecosystems, marine and freshwater while human
toxicity factors into account both carcinogenic and non-
carcinogenic [5]. Industrial sector has developed a method of
identification of sustainability Indicators of Sustainable
Development for Industry (ISDI). Sustainability assessed
through fourteen indicators of quantitative and qualitative
indicators which four are classified into three categories:
environmental impact, environmental efficiency and voluntary
action. ISDI following the life cycle approach, taking into
consideration the complete life cycle of materials and energy
used [6].
One method for assessing the sustainability of the industry
which focused on the identification of improvements that can
be suggested to improve the sustainability of the industry is
PSS (Product-Service System). PSS suitable to be applied on a
business of making and selling physical products and services
to meet consumer demand. PSS consist of three aspect of
sustainable development, social, economic, and
environmental. PSS is a business strategy that aims to
integrate environmental with social and economic aspects [7].
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