The design of a sustainable manufacturing system

Jayachandran, R.; Singh, Shashank Shekhar; Goodyer, Jane; Popplewell, Keith

doi:10.1016/b978-008045157-2/50113-9

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“…Yue and You (2013) reported a deteriorated environmental impact per functional unit with increasing productivity. Another example of a trade-off is provided by Jayachandran et al (2006): the most environmentally sustainable production process is associated with significantly higher and therefore unprofitable production costs. So, the technology was not used due to lack of commercial viability.…”

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Synergies and trade-offs between ecological and productivity-enhancing measures in industrial production – a systematic review

Rüdele,

Wolf,

Ramsauer

2024

MEQ

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PurposeImproving productivity and efficiency has always been crucial for industrial companies to remain competitive. In recent years, the topic of environmental impact has become increasingly important. Published research indicates that environmental and economic goals can enforce or rival each other. However, few papers have been published that address the interaction and integration of these two goals.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, we identify both, synergies and trade-offs based on a systematic review incorporating 66 publications issued between 1992 and 2021. We analyze, quantify and cluster examples of conjunctions of ecological and economic measures and thereby develop a framework for the combined improvement of performance and environmental compatibility.FindingsOur findings indicate an increased significance of a combined consideration of these two dimensions of sustainability. We found that cases where enforcing synergies between economic and ecological effects were identified are by far more frequent than reports on trade-offs. For the individual categories, cost savings are uniformly considered as the most important economic aspect while, energy savings appear to be marginally more relevant than waste reduction in terms of environmental aspects.Originality/valueNo previous literature review provides a comparable graphical treatment of synergies and trade-offs between cost savings and ecological effects. For the first time, identified measures were classified in a 3 × 3 table considering type and principle.

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Synergies and trade-offs between ecological and productivity-enhancing measures in industrial production – a systematic review

Rüdele,

Wolf,

Ramsauer

2024

MEQ

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“…According to the Lowell centre for sustainable production, sustainable production is defined as the creation of goods and services using processes and systems that are nonpolluting, conserving of energy and natural resources; economically viable; safe and healthful for employees, communities and consumers; and socially and creatively rewarding for all working people [8,9,10].…”

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“…While sustainable consumption targets consumers, sustainable production is related to production or services companies and organizations that make products or offer services [10,12]. Manufacturing industries are often cited as sources for environmental degradation and social problems, but they are the major sources of wealth generation [8].…”

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“…• Workers, and • Products [8,10]. Currently environmental impact is analyzed after all the important product decisions are made.…”

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“…Companies adopting this approach consider the environmental challenge as a competitive business opportunity rather than as an obstacle. They integrate environmental aspects in all functions of the business and the goal is zero waste [8].…”

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Wali¹,

Mahmoud²,

Khatib³

2012

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Product design is one of the most important stages in the new product development process influencing global sustainability. However, the early design strategy offers the highest impact on sustainability, the need for using sustainable proactive approach in early design decisions could be the effective tool to achieve sustainability of new products. This paper presents a necessity of considering the sustainability aspects in pre-specification stages of new product design process, and introduces a modified methodology for establishing a single Index termed as New Product Sustainability Index (NPSI) which enables the designers to carry out a quick analysis of the alternatives of new product designs and make choices based on various criteria. The index aggregates (TBL) and R & D aspects of different types of quantitative and qualitative indicators and information objects from a product manufacturing point of view, into one single index. The sustainability matrix, aspects and criteria used in evaluating of (NPSI), is constructed in table form.

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A Fuzzy Multi-objective Model with MFCA Approach for Selecting Products Variety in a Textile Supply Chain

Amin

Zolfaghari

Siyahpoush

2015

Toward Sustainable Operations of Supply Chain and Logistics Systems

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Offering product variety is one of the strategies for today's competitive advantage. In spite of the fact that greater product variety allows manufacturers to meet a larger share of customer's satisfaction, it increases the complexity of the process and reduces efficiency of the operational performance in a supply chain. Increasing product variety also creates more wastes and more losses, and reduces efficiency of resources. In this chapter, a fuzzy multi-objective model is developed in an imprecise environment by using Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) approach which concentrates on reducing resource consumption by reducing waste and losses as well as active response to environmental requirements. The cost objective function consists of waste management cost, system cost, material cost, and energy cost. The model considers different weights for each of the cost items. Due to uncertain seasonal market demand for textile productions, an imprecise production preparation time and vagueness of input data, a fuzzy weighted maxmin multi-objective model is developed for this problem. In this model, the achieved level of objective functions will match the relative importance of objective functions. The model considers three objective functions: quality, product variety, and cost of negative products which focus on the appropriate variety of the products and help decision makers increase green productivity in a textile supply chain. A numerical example is developed to show the application of the model.

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The design of a sustainable manufacturing system

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Synergies and trade-offs between ecological and productivity-enhancing measures in industrial production – a systematic review

Synergies and trade-offs between ecological and productivity-enhancing measures in industrial production – a systematic review

Assessing New Product Sustainability Index (NPSI) by Integrating Sustainability Aspects into the Early New Product Design Stages

A Fuzzy Multi-objective Model with MFCA Approach for Selecting Products Variety in a Textile Supply Chain

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