Abstract
An investigation is reported on the importance of integrating sustainability with manufacturing and design, along with other objectives such as function, competitiveness, profitability and productivity. The need of utilizing appropriate tools like design for environment, life cycle assessment and other environmentally sound practices that are cognizant of the entire life cycle of a process or product is highlighted. It is likely that sustainability and environmental stewardship will be increasingly important considerations in manufacturing and design in the future and are likely to influence the main priorities for advancing manufacturing operations and technologies. Designers and manufacturing decision makers who adopt a sustainability focus and establish a sustainability culture within companies are more likely to be successful in enhancing design and manufacturing. It is concluded that more extensive research and collaboration is needed to improve understanding of sustainability in manufacturing and design, and to enhance technology transfer and applications of sustainability.
Highlights
Sustainability is an increasingly important requirement for human activity, making sustainable development a key objective in human development
Environmental manufacturing strategies based on the Malcolm Baldrige criteria are recommended for organizations by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency as effective, and include environmental leadership, strategic environmental quality planning, environmental quality management systems, human resources development, stakeholder emphasis, environmental measurements and environmental quality assurance [11]
It is concluded that environmentally sound practices, approaches and tools developed collaboratively by the manufacturing industry, academia and others, and based on relevant data, and the extended producer responsibility principle, are beneficial and implementable
Summary
Sustainability is an increasingly important requirement for human activity, making sustainable development a key objective in human development. Recognition of the relationship between manufacturing operations and the natural environment has become an important factor in the decision making among industrial societies. This article describes sustainable manufacturing and the role of environmental sustainability in achieving it. This includes consideration of relevant environmental issues, green manufacturing, life cycle factors, and priorities in advancing manufacturing operations and processes. The objective is to improve understanding and to foster advances in sustainable manufacturing This objective is important since increased research, information, and technology transfer is needed if sustainable manufacturing is to become adopted quickly and in a widespread manner in the future
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