Koç, HasanVillegas, Erick BeharTehmina FaisalBerlin International University of Applied Sciences2023-07-192025-12-022025-12-022022https://repository.berlin-international.de/handle/123456789/1083AUTHOR-SUPPLIED ABSTRACT: Abstract Textile processes are resource intensive and lack transparency in quantifying the environmental impacts of processes. Business process modeling enables process visualization and analysis, yet less is known about its success in textiles. This thesis investigates the capabilities of business process modeling to obtain sustainability scoring of the textile fabrics to bridge the gap found in the literature. The qualitative research methodology was applied to acknowledge the concept of Life Cycle Assessment and Green Business Process Management to explore which methods can support process analysis. The concepts were illustrated by performing process modeling and calculating sustainability scoring of four types of fabric finishing processes for a Berlin-based fabric retailer using ADONIS. The study claims that Green Business Process Management and Life Cycle Assessment compliments business process modeling to yield transparent sustainability scoring. Further research is recommended in this discipline to analyze the sustainability scoring across the textile supply chainches Keywords: Business process modelling, textile fabrics sustainability, sustainability scoring, green BPM, life cycle assessment, process-based analysisMACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Table of Contents Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................i List of Figures..........................................................................................................v List of Tables ..........................................................................................................vi Abstract...................................................................................................................ix 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Textile Sector Overview ........................................................................... 1 1.2 Life Cycle Assessment..............................................................................5 1.3 Sustainability and Business Process Modeling.........................................6 1.4 Motivation and Research Objective..........................................................7 2 Theoretical Background and Literature Review ............................................11 2.1 Business Process Modeling.....................................................................11 2.1.1 Objectives of Business Process Modeling.......................................12 2.1.2 Significance of Process Modeling for Sustainability Scoring.........17 2.2 Sustainability in Textiles and Digitalization...........................................20 2.3 Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Scoring ................................ 21 2.4 Green Business Process Management ....................................................28 3 Empirical Evidence via Literature Review ....................................................31 3.1 Business Process Modeling.....................................................................32 3.2 Life Cycle Assessment............................................................................35 3.3 Green Business Process Management ....................................................37 4 Methodology .................................................................................................. 40 4.1 Life Cycle Assessment Scope and System Boundaries .......................... 42 4.2 Business Process Modeling.....................................................................48 5 Results ............................................................................................................ 54 5.1 Business Process Modeling and Sustainability Scoring ......................... 54 5.1.1 Standard Process Model ..................................................................55 5.1.2 Naturally Clean Process...................................................................61 5.1.3 Plummy Process Model...................................................................67 5.1.4 Coated Process Model .....................................................................70 5.1.5 Comparison Between the Processes Sustainability Scores..............73 5.2 Green BPM and LCA..............................................................................80 6 Discussion ...................................................................................................... 82 6.1 Limitations of work and Lessons Learnt ................................................ 85 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 88engGreen BpmLife Cycle AssessmentProcess-Based AnalysisSustainability ScoringTextile Fabrics SustainabilityBusiness Process ModellingThesis