Integration lean manufacturing and 6R to reduce wood waste in furniture company toward circular economy

Abstract

Abstract The furniture industry is suspected to have triggered global warming. The need for wood as raw material becomes a necessity for cutting down trees. The concept of a circular economy aims to reduce the use of natural resources by utilizing production waste or post-use product waste into raw materials. One strategy that can be used to support the circular economy is by implementing 6R. The application of 6R in a circular economic perspective on the furniture industry will be interesting to do. This study uses value stream mapping as a lean manufacturing analysis tool to identify furniture company waste. Value stream mapping is developed by integrating green manufacturing indicators such as material consumption and waste management. Practically, the furniture company can find out the map of production waste so that it can utilize waste as raw material for derivative products as an effort to reduce tree felling. Theoretically, this research will enrich the integration of green-value stream mapping toward the circular economy by implementing the 6R strategy in furniture companies. Reuse wood waste as a raw material for a variety of table products can reduce the amount of wood waste while reducing the resources of wood logs.