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Circular Economics is the Supply Chain Configuration Strategy that integrates outbound and reverse flows in order to extend the (income generating) lifespan/use of resources as long as possible. The substrategies of Circular Economics are called (process) loops as the product repeats through these loops as many times as possible to yield as much value to the company as possible.

• Extending - Extend the lifespan of the product at the user
• Sharing - Share the use of the product over multiple users
• Repurpose - Share the use over multiple users over multiple user types
• Renewable - Recover as much of the original resources at the end of the lifespan

Circular Economics is one of the five Supply Chain Configuration Strategies: Make-to-Stock (MTS), Make-to-Order (MTO), Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Reverse Logistics, and Circular Economics.

Use Cases

• Lease, rental
• Discuss Contract Custom Solution
• In a Retail store: Mobile device exchanges
• In services industry: Scheduled maintenance

Notes

Alternative names include: Circular Business Model, Circular Economy, Product-as-a-Service.

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
SCCS	Supply Chain Configuration Strategy	1	SCCS
CE	Circular Economics	2	CE
CE1	Extending	3	CE1
CE2	Sharing	3	CE2
CE3	Repurpose	3	CE3
CE4	Renewable	3	CE4

Process(es)

ID	Name	Level	x
M4	Re-Make	2	M4

Circular Economics Supply Chain Configuration Strategy 5 2 Product-as-a-Service, Circular Economy, Make-Reuse-Dispose, Refurbishment, Recycling, End-of-Use, End-Of-Life, Recall, Return, Reverse Logistics, Supply Chain The supply chain configuration strategy that integrates outbound and reverse flows in order to extend the lifespan/use of resources as long as possible