A sustainability root cause analysis methodology and its application

Jayswal, Abhishek; Li, Xiang; Zanwar, Anand; Lou, Helen H.; Huang, Yinlun

doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.05.004

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“…Consequently, decision rules can be created that would classify the repair actions according to terms of product pedigree. In [14], an RCA methodology is presented that focuses on the sustainability of biodiesel processes depicting how important such an analysis can be for the domain of chemical engineering. Furthermore, in [15], a combined method of RCA and inference mechanisms is presented.…”

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A Knowledge-Enriched Problem Solving Methodology for the Design Phase of Manufacturing Equipment

Mourtzis¹,

Doukas²,

Skrepetos³

2015

Procedia CIRP

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During the design phase of large-scale industrial engineering projects, numerous problems usually arise, which are related to the project analysis and methods used in each phase. Such projects are undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams of expert designers and planning managers that often communicate these problems to the members of their team via emails and telephone calls. However, the alignment of efforts towards solving these problems cannot be achieved effectively though these inherently limited communication and collaboration means. In parallel, the operation of manufacturing systems is evolving towards structures that are similar to social networks. The trend is to automatically connect to web-based collaboration platforms in order to search for the appropriate experts to deal with the problem in question. Towards this end, the proposed research work focuses on the development of a knowledge-based method, which is developed into a mobile app, and focuses on providing a collaboration space for reporting, tracking, and solving project-related problems. The methodology adopts concepts from the Root Cause Analysis method, which is further enriched with knowledge reuse features. Already reported and potentially solved problems, as well as other historical data are retrieved from a knowledge repository through advanced indexing techniques in order to support the identification of solutions for newly experienced problems. Results from the interpretation of the natural language that is considered to be used in the problem reporting phase and the accuracy of retrieved solutions are further discussed. Finally, the methodology is validated through a real-life case study obtained from the die construction department of an automotive industry.

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A Knowledge-Enriched Problem Solving Methodology for the Design Phase of Manufacturing Equipment

Mourtzis¹,

Doukas²,

Skrepetos³

2015

Procedia CIRP

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“…Situasi problematik dianalisis menggunakan fish-bone diagram untuk membantu perancang berfokus pada penyebab dasar terpenting menemukan peluang untuk perbaikan berkelanjutan dan memberikan pedoman kritis untuk merancang keberlanjutan (Jayswal et al 2011 …”

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MODEL MANAJEMEN RANTAI PASOK INDUSTRI PERIKANAN TANGKAP BERKELANJUTAN DI PROPINSI MALUKU (The Ideal Model of Supply Chain Management of Sustainability Industrial Capture fisheries in Maluku Province)

Batubara¹,

Maarif²,

Marimin³

et al. 2017

Jurnal Marfis

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Designing and managing Industrial capture fisheries Supply Chain is complex and its faces socially bound uncertainties such as poor collaboration, communication and information downstream industries (handling and processing), up to marketing (T) of the Fishermen, industries processing (C) on the entire supply chain through effective and efficient mechanism (E) as well as coordination both center and regional institution (A) related to quality and standardization of fishery products, distribution, infrastructure, data and information on fisheries (T)". The supply chain management of sustainable fishing industry model was developed by 20 activties. Improvement of Industrial capture fisheries supply chain in Maluku Province can be reached by doing activities within relevant system. Keywords: industrial capture fisheries, Multi Dimensional Scalling, SCOR, supply chain, SSM ABSTRAKMerancang manajemen rantai pasok industri perikanan tangkap merupakan hal yang kompleks. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendisain model manajemen rantai pasok industri perikanan tangkap yang ideal di Propinsi Maluku. Soft System Methodology (SSM) digunakan sebagai pendekatan kajian yang didukung oleh Multi Dimensional Scalling (MDS) untuk mengukur keberlanjutan industri perikanan tangkap dan Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) untuk menganalisis kinerja industri perikanan tangkap.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keberlanjutan industri perikanan tangkap berada pada kategori kurang berkelanjutan dan kinerja

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“…It is essential to undertake a sustainability assessment of the various alternatives at an early stage, and this allows the relevant decisionmakers/stakeholders to carry out sustainability-oriented decision making. Jayswal et al (2011) point out that implementing a sustainability philosophy in the early design stage requires less effort and cost than to retrofit the project after its launch. There is an increasing interest in the sustainability development and sustainability assessment concepts.…”

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Prioritization of bioethanol production pathways in China based on life cycle sustainability assessment and multicriteria decision-making

Ren

Manzardo

Mazzi

et al. 2015

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose The study objectives are twofold: (i) combining the life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework and the multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methodology for sustainability assessment and (ii) determining the most sustainable scenario for bioethanol production in China according to the preferences of the decision-makers/stakeholders. Methods Life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle costing (LCC), and social life cycle assessment (SLCA) are combined to collect the corresponding criteria data on environmental, economic, and social aspects, respectively. The study develops a novel SLCA method for quantifying the social criteria. The decision-makers/stakeholders can use linguistic terms to assess these criteria, and fuzzy theory is used to transform the linguistic variables into real numbers. Once the sustainability assessment criteria are determined, the study develops an MCDM method that combines the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the VIKOR method to prioritize the alternatives. The AHP is used to determine the criteria weights that are a prerequisite when using VIKOR; the VIKOR method is then used to determine the sustainability sequence of the scenarios. Results and discussion The study's proposed method investigates an illustrative case about three alternative bioethanol production scenarios (wheat-based, corn-based, and cassavabased): The prior sequence (based on the sustainability performances) in descending order is cassava-based, cornbased, and wheat-based. The proposed methodology results allow Chinese decision-makers/stakeholders to select the most sustainable scenario among many alternatives. The proposed methodology is generic, meaning that further alternatives can be studied and the most sustainable option can be ultimately determined.Conclusions The main study contribution is to test the combination of an MCDM methodology and LCSA for sustainability decision-making by studying three alternative pathways for bioethanol production in China. The proposed method feasibly enables the decision-makers/stakeholders to find the most sustainable scenario to achieve their objectives among various alternatives.

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A sustainability root cause analysis methodology and its application

Cited by 68 publications

References 8 publications

A Knowledge-Enriched Problem Solving Methodology for the Design Phase of Manufacturing Equipment

A Knowledge-Enriched Problem Solving Methodology for the Design Phase of Manufacturing Equipment

MODEL MANAJEMEN RANTAI PASOK INDUSTRI PERIKANAN TANGKAP BERKELANJUTAN DI PROPINSI MALUKU (The Ideal Model of Supply Chain Management of Sustainability Industrial Capture fisheries in Maluku Province)

Prioritization of bioethanol production pathways in China based on life cycle sustainability assessment and multicriteria decision-making

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