Lean Production Systems as a Framework for Sustainable Manufacturing

Dombrowski, Uwe; Mielke, Tim; Schulze, Sven

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27290-5_3

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“…For decades, profit logics and function requirements have driven the design of industrial sites. Since the 1970s, interesting theories about green manufacturing and prototypes of green factories have progressively arisen [1,2,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Gradually, some interest for the aesthetic-perceptive and social disturbances of factories on the landscape has also grown, especially encouraged by a rising recognition of the favorable impact of factory architecture on corporate image [15,16], as well as of social-responsibility practices [17].…”

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Digital Atlas of Tactics to Designing Sustainable Factories

Marchi

Antonini

2022

Sustainability

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For a long time, the design of factories has been profit-driven only, while their detrimental effects on the environment, perceptual-aesthetic interferences with the surroundings, and social disturbances on local communities have been largely neglected. Despite a growing attention towards these topics, literature shows that there is a fundamental knowledge and tool gap on design practices for holistically sustainable factories, and companies are often unaware of both negative and positive effects related to the impact of their sites on the landscape. This paper presents a toolkit that has been developed to support entrepreneurs and designers in devising more sustainable factories through an integrated perspective, which is the great novelty of the approach. The article focuses on one of its tools: a digital atlas of design tactics. These have been mapped in sustainable factories around the world and labelled with an ad hoc faceted classification. Each tactic is then described in an info-sheet, which feeds a web portal. There, the user is assisted in searching for the most suitable tactics and mutual links with other useful strategies. The main potentiality of the atlas is to encourage a holistic design approach by highlighting positive synergies among tactics from different fields.

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Digital Atlas of Tactics to Designing Sustainable Factories

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Antonini

2022

Sustainability

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“…Some significant federal programs are undertaken by the US Environmental Protection Agency in association with other federal agencies (USEPA, 2015). Few textbooks and reference books have also been written to address the topic of sustainable manufacturing in various sectors (Azapagic et al, 2004;Seliger, 2007;Jovane et al, 2008;Mitsuishi et al, 2008;Kalpakjian et al, 2008;Parkash, 2010;Nakano, 2010;Seliger, 2012;Dombrowski et al, 2012;Davim, 2013;Allen and Shonnard, 2012;El-Halwagi, 1997, 2011. A periodical journal is dedicated specifically to sustainable manufacturing (IJSM, 2015), while others have published research and reviews related to the topic in special issues (Herrmann et al, 2014;Sustainability, 2012;IJPE, 2012).…”

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Using module-based learning methods to introduce sustainable manufacturing in engineering curriculum

Sengupta

Huang

Davidson

et al. 2017

IJSHE

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Purpose Sustainable manufacturing may be defined as the creation of manufactured products that use processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy and natural resources, and are economically sound and safe for employees, communities and consumers. Recently, there have been several industrial and governmental endeavors to launch sustainable manufacturing initiatives. To support such initiatives and to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers, academic institutions have a responsibility to introduce educational programs and tools in the area of sustainable manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to report on the approach, progress and contributions of a US National Science Foundation-sponsored project titled: “The Sustainable Manufacturing Advances in Research and Technology Coordination Network (SMART CN)”. Design/methodology/approach The project aims to bridge the gap between the academic knowledge discovery and industrial technology innovation for sustainable manufacturing. Toward this goal, various research and educational activities have been undertaken to introduce Sustainable Manufacturing Case Studies for use by academic instructors to a diverse group of undergraduate, graduate and industry professionals. Findings In this paper, the need for education on sustainable manufacturing has been focused upon, followed by approaches toward addressing these needs, concluding with examples of case studies developed through the SMART-CN project framework. Originality/value This work provides the engineering community with structured modules for introducing the topic of sustainable manufacturing in the curriculum.

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Waste Elimination for Manufacturing Sustainability

Mostafa¹,

Dumrak²

2015

Procedia Manufacturing

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Lean Production Systems as a Framework for Sustainable Manufacturing

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Digital Atlas of Tactics to Designing Sustainable Factories

Digital Atlas of Tactics to Designing Sustainable Factories

Using module-based learning methods to introduce sustainable manufacturing in engineering curriculum

Waste Elimination for Manufacturing Sustainability

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