Sustainable supply chain for collaborative manufacturing

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Purpose-The aim of this paper is to investigate the impacts of the noise from the diesel engine power generators used for production activities in an urban environment. Design/methodology/approach-This study has used the Enterprise Edition of NoiseMap 2000 Version 2.7.1 to investigate the impacts of the noise from the diesel engines electric power generators used in a factory in Ikorodu, an urban environment in Lagos, Nigeria. Five sections of the factory with diesel engines electric power generators were considered. The immediate and distant environments covering about 10 km of the factory host environment were considered as receptors to the noise for this study. Findings-It was found out that when all the generators operate simultaneously in the factory, the ambient noise was 30.0-152.5 dB(A) with the minimum contribution within the factory being 70.0-84.4 dB(A) and the maximum contribution of 57.2-70.8 dB(A) outside the factory fence line. Though the maximum noise is 152.5 dB(A), the maximum noise of 70.8 dB(A) beyond the fence line shows a compliance with 70 dB(A) industrial and commercial area limit but breaches the 45 dB(A) and 55 dB(A) residential area limit of the World Bank. Research limitations/implications-As much as it would be desirable ambient noise level could not be measured in all the receptors' locations covered by the modeling. However, the capability of the modeling software adopted makes this to have no negative impact on the quality of the findings of this study. Practical implications-The study will assist the public to determine the noise level safe region around diesel engine electric power generators. Originality/value-The paper highlights the challenges in which ambient noise from the use of off-grid generators used for industrial purposes could pose to the neighboring receptor environments.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Small and Medium Enterprises

“…In the past, the majority of the supporters of sustainable development concentrated on environmental aspects [43]. Environmental issues were also the main subject of many of the research studies [44]; for many organizations in today's world, these issues have become a major problem [45].…”

Industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis and supply chain environmental sustainability: a case study of a large UK distributor

“…The research method is presented, followed by an overview of the case study organisation. The company interview results and further implications for the Product stewardship Sarkis (1995), Lewis (2005), Ruskino (2007), Snir (2009), Rogers et al (2010) Green purchasing Tsoulfas and Pappis (2006), Gold et al (2009), Zhu et al (2007), Eltayeb and Zailani (2010), Green et al (2012), Yen and Yen (2012) Reverse logistics Lippman (2001), Blumberg (2005), Kleindorfer et al (2005), Varma et al (2005), Gupta (2005), Anderson and Skjoett-Larsen (2009), Jayant et al (2012), Huscroft et al (2013), Mutingi (2014) Recycle, reuse and remanufacturing Sarkis (1995), Kleindorfer et al (2005), Gupta (2005), Kuik et al (2011), Loomba and Nakashima (2012) Table 1 -Environmentally SSCM approaches and key references in the literature 'Environmental management' contains three different methods within a business strategy at different impact levels: reactive 'end of pipe' pollution control, proactive reusing, remanufacturing, and recycling of products and materials within the supply chain, and an integrated approach into value-seeking supply chain re-design integrated into business strategy (van Hoek, 1999). A value-seeking pollution preventive approach results in a better environmental performance than an end of pipe approach (Lee and Rhee, 2005).…”

Building Model-Driven Decision Support System in Product Redesign Plan

“…Finally, the future work and contributions of this study are discussed.Designs 2019, 3, 18 2 of 21 recovery utilisation potential for the used manufactured products [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. The existing research on product recovery focuses on various aspects of post-use operations, including environmentally conscious manufacturing and product recovery operations, reverse logistics plan, green supply chain management, product redesign plan, sustainable supply chain management and 3R methodologies (i.e., reuse/remanufacture/recycle related activities) [3,[13][14][15][27][28][29].Many companies found the use of real-time communication to surpass expectations, therefore allowing them to effectively analyse different data streams and create new policies or processes that benefit the company as a whole. The manufacturing industry has far superseded any other industry with its improvements on effectiveness and efficiency after implementing the advanced decision support system and communication technologies.…”

“…">Literature ReviewThe product lifecycle is often used to consolidate and gather customer and product requirements in order to meet the operations strategy based on design, introduction, growth, maturity and decline phases. However, environmental impacts due to large quantities of disposed used products for landfills are becoming the main concerns in today's world [4,[13][14][15]37]. The usual practice along a supply…”