A large share of environmental impacts is linked with working and living in urban areas. In densely populated spaces, a high share of consumption and value creation can be found. Urban factories aim to manufacture products close to the customer. Here, several stakeholders such as companies, employees, customers and neighborhood are involved. Urban factories also gain relevance when it comes to end-of-life treatment of products and (urban) waste. Along the life cycle of products we explore which stages are most commonly covered in urban factories. Based on an empirical study in the city of Sydney, features and motivations of urban production are identified. With the allocation of value creation steps to the product life cycle stages, an analysis of urban production is presented and summarized for life cycle oriented industrial value creation in cities.
