International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=127&year=2011&vol=2&issue=2/3 Inderscience Publishers Ltd en-uk International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing 17427223 17427231 © 2011 Inderscience Publishers Ltd editor@inderscience.com https://www.inderscience.com/images/files/coverImgs/ijsm_scoverijsm.jpg http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=127&year=2011&vol=2&issue=2/3 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42148 Parts cleaning has gradually replaced solvent based cleaning during the manufacturing of parts and in maintenance workshop as a much more sustainable and cost benefit technology. In this study, the performance of aqueous parts cleaning was evaluated using two industrial parts cleaning systems. One system was equipped with a microfilter and oil skimmer to prolong the cleaning solution lifetime and the other was a generic parts cleaning system, which was not equipped with any contaminant control devices. It appears that aqueous parts cleaning could offer a high degree of cleanliness suitable for most typical maintenance workshops. However, the cleaning equipment used was critical to successful aqueous cleaning. The use of a microfilter and oil skimmer can reduce the amount of residuals left on parts and significantly extend solution life. Aqueous cleaning of manufactured parts/components: establishing the role of solution quality
Liam Pettigrew, Long D. Nghiem
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 127 - 140
Parts cleaning has gradually replaced solvent based cleaning during the manufacturing of parts and in maintenance workshop as a much more sustainable and cost benefit technology. In this study, the performance of aqueous parts cleaning was evaluated using two industrial parts cleaning systems. One system was equipped with a microfilter and oil skimmer to prolong the cleaning solution lifetime and the other was a generic parts cleaning system, which was not equipped with any contaminant control devices. It appears that aqueous parts cleaning could offer a high degree of cleanliness suitable for most typical maintenance workshops. However, the cleaning equipment used was critical to successful aqueous cleaning. The use of a microfilter and oil skimmer can reduce the amount of residuals left on parts and significantly extend solution life.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042148 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 127 - 140 Liam Pettigrew Long D. Nghiem School of Civil Mining and Environmental Engineering, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. ' School of Civil Mining and Environmental Engineering, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia parts cleaning water-based cleaning aqueous cleaning oil skimmers microfilters solvent replacement maintenance workshops manufactured parts cleaning solution lifetime cleaning solutions residuals. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 127 140 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42149 Reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions is an important issue to achieve sustainable manufacturing. In automotive assembly plants, the largest amount of energy consumption and atmospheric emissions is in paint shop. Optimising the energy usage to pursue maximum energy savings, and reducing carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are of significant importance in automotive paint shops. Instead of inventing new chemicals, new painting processes or new control systems in painting booths and ovens, our research focuses on developing an optimal batch and scheduling procedure of vehicles to achieve the goal of energy and emission reduction. Specifically, by selecting appropriate batch and sequence policies, the paint quality can be improved and repaints can be reduced so that fewer material and energy will be consumed, and less atmospheric emissions will be generated. It is shown that such scheduling and control method can lead to significant energy savings and emission reduction with no extra investment, nor changes to existing painting processes. Optimal vehicle batching and sequencing to reduce energy consumption and atmospheric emissions in automotive paint shops
Junwen Wang, Jingshan Li, Ningjian Huang
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 141 - 160
Reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions is an important issue to achieve sustainable manufacturing. In automotive assembly plants, the largest amount of energy consumption and atmospheric emissions is in paint shop. Optimising the energy usage to pursue maximum energy savings, and reducing carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are of significant importance in automotive paint shops. Instead of inventing new chemicals, new painting processes or new control systems in painting booths and ovens, our research focuses on developing an optimal batch and scheduling procedure of vehicles to achieve the goal of energy and emission reduction. Specifically, by selecting appropriate batch and sequence policies, the paint quality can be improved and repaints can be reduced so that fewer material and energy will be consumed, and less atmospheric emissions will be generated. It is shown that such scheduling and control method can lead to significant energy savings and emission reduction with no extra investment, nor changes to existing painting processes.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042149 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 141 - 160 Junwen Wang Jingshan Li Ningjian Huang Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ' Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Research Lab., General Motors Research and Development Centre, Warren, MI 48090-9055, USA automotive paint shops energy consumption carbon emissions CO2 sustainable manufacturing vehicle batching vehicle sequencing automobile industry optimisation optimal batch policy optimal scheduling vehicle painting sustainability. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 141 160 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42150 As the global awareness and concerns about the environment issues increase, many governments, regulatory organisations and business leaders have begun to call on the manufacturing and business communities to play leading roles in the process of moving the global economy towards sustainability. Fierce market competition and price sensitivity have been big obstacles in the development and growth of sustainable/green production industry. In this study, analyses are conducted between two groups of ordinary and green production sectors which produce a similar type of product with different materials and techniques. We categorise them as green and ordinary companies. A game theoretical model is formulated to analyse the market competition, and obtain the dynamic equilibrium under the free entry assumption. Sensitivity analyses and numerical examples can provide suggestions to assist policy makers, governments, company executives and consumers to make better and rational decisions. A game theory model for analysing market competition in sustainable manufacturing industry
Guiping Hu, Lizhi Wang, Bopaya Bidanda
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 161 - 179
As the global awareness and concerns about the environment issues increase, many governments, regulatory organisations and business leaders have begun to call on the manufacturing and business communities to play leading roles in the process of moving the global economy towards sustainability. Fierce market competition and price sensitivity have been big obstacles in the development and growth of sustainable/green production industry. In this study, analyses are conducted between two groups of ordinary and green production sectors which produce a similar type of product with different materials and techniques. We categorise them as green and ordinary companies. A game theoretical model is formulated to analyse the market competition, and obtain the dynamic equilibrium under the free entry assumption. Sensitivity analyses and numerical examples can provide suggestions to assist policy makers, governments, company executives and consumers to make better and rational decisions.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042150 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 161 - 179 Guiping Hu Lizhi Wang Bopaya Bidanda Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. ' Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. ' Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA game theory market competition sustainable manufacturing decision making sustainability green production dynamic equilibrium free entry assumption. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 161 179 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42151 Adopting sustainability considerations in businesses is no longer a choice for companies. Sustainable value co-creation by customers and producers collectively considering environmental and societal implications is essential to increase value to all stakeholders. Such opportunities are provided by mass customisation which involves producing individually customised products to meet specific customer requirements. During co-design, a key feature of mass customisation, customers and producers interactively determine the specifications of the product to meet customer needs, within the limits defined for the solution space. However, this co-creation of value (through co-design) in mass customisation has thus far been pursued without explicit consideration of environmental and societal implications, both important from a sustainability perspective. This paper presents an in-depth review of the mass customisation model and its potential as a platform for sustainable value co-creation. Approaches to integrate sustainable manufacturing practices for mass customisation, a preliminary model to optimise sustainable value co-creation and directions for further research are also discussed. Sustainable value co-creation through mass customisation: a framework
Fazleena Badurdeen, Jayantha P. Liyanage
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 180 - 203
Adopting sustainability considerations in businesses is no longer a choice for companies. Sustainable value co-creation by customers and producers collectively considering environmental and societal implications is essential to increase value to all stakeholders. Such opportunities are provided by mass customisation which involves producing individually customised products to meet specific customer requirements. During co-design, a key feature of mass customisation, customers and producers interactively determine the specifications of the product to meet customer needs, within the limits defined for the solution space. However, this co-creation of value (through co-design) in mass customisation has thus far been pursued without explicit consideration of environmental and societal implications, both important from a sustainability perspective. This paper presents an in-depth review of the mass customisation model and its potential as a platform for sustainable value co-creation. Approaches to integrate sustainable manufacturing practices for mass customisation, a preliminary model to optimise sustainable value co-creation and directions for further research are also discussed.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042151 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 180 - 203 Fazleena Badurdeen Jayantha P. Liyanage Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing (ISM), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA. ' Center for Industrial Asset Management (CIAM), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway mass customisation sustainable value co-design co-creation sustainable manufacturing sustainability. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 180 203 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42152 Global resource degradation, climate change, and environmental pollution are worsening due to increasing globalised industrialisation. Manufacturing industries have thus been put under pressure to cope with these problems while maintaining competitiveness. Sustainable manufacturing has been proposed to meet these challenges. The measurement of sustainability in manufacturing enables the quantitative measure of sustainability performance in specific manufacturing processes that will support decision-making for more sustainable processes and products. This paper describes a proposed sustainable manufacturing measurement infrastructure. The centre piece of this infrastructure is a sustainability performance management component that will effectively manage a sustainable indicator repository, measurement process guidelines, and sustainability performance analysis, evaluation, and reporting. The sustainability measurement infrastructure provides a foundation for decision-making tools development and enables users to create a tight integration into business strategy development processes. Examples in this paper are on carbon emissions and energy consumption. A measurement infrastructure for sustainable manufacturing
Shaw C. Feng, Che B. Joung
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 204 - 221
Global resource degradation, climate change, and environmental pollution are worsening due to increasing globalised industrialisation. Manufacturing industries have thus been put under pressure to cope with these problems while maintaining competitiveness. Sustainable manufacturing has been proposed to meet these challenges. The measurement of sustainability in manufacturing enables the quantitative measure of sustainability performance in specific manufacturing processes that will support decision-making for more sustainable processes and products. This paper describes a proposed sustainable manufacturing measurement infrastructure. The centre piece of this infrastructure is a sustainability performance management component that will effectively manage a sustainable indicator repository, measurement process guidelines, and sustainability performance analysis, evaluation, and reporting. The sustainability measurement infrastructure provides a foundation for decision-making tools development and enables users to create a tight integration into business strategy development processes. Examples in this paper are on carbon emissions and energy consumption.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042152 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 204 - 221 Shaw C. Feng Che B. Joung Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8263, USA. ' Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Drive, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8263, USA sustainable manufacturing sustainability performance analysis sustainability measurement decision making performance management carbon emissions energy consumption CO2 carbon dioxide. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 204 221 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42153 Remanufacturing can importantly reduce the resource intensity and increase the eco-efficiency of product systems by utilising recovered end of life (EOL) parts. A life cycle assessment (LCA) has been carried out to determine the greenhouse gas emissions from the production of a remanufactured compressor vs. a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) compressor. The remanufacturing consisted of five stages: disassembling, cleaning and washing (C&W), machining, reassembling, and testing. The analysis determined that remanufactured compressors produce about 89% to 93% less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than those associated with a new (OEM) compressor and also 50% cheaper than a new (OEM) compressor. The analysis also confirmed that additional reuse and less replacement of parts with new parts can further reduce the overall GHG emissions of remanufactured compressors. The research concludes that remanufacturing can be regarded as a sustainable manufacturing operation that helps attain economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability. A life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of remanufactured refrigeration and air conditioning compressors
Wahidul Biswas, Michele Rosano
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 222 - 236
Remanufacturing can importantly reduce the resource intensity and increase the eco-efficiency of product systems by utilising recovered end of life (EOL) parts. A life cycle assessment (LCA) has been carried out to determine the greenhouse gas emissions from the production of a remanufactured compressor vs. a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) compressor. The remanufacturing consisted of five stages: disassembling, cleaning and washing (C&W), machining, reassembling, and testing. The analysis determined that remanufactured compressors produce about 89% to 93% less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than those associated with a new (OEM) compressor and also 50% cheaper than a new (OEM) compressor. The analysis also confirmed that additional reuse and less replacement of parts with new parts can further reduce the overall GHG emissions of remanufactured compressors. The research concludes that remanufacturing can be regarded as a sustainable manufacturing operation that helps attain economic, environmental and social pillars of sustainability.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042153 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 222 - 236 Wahidul Biswas Michele Rosano Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. ' Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia life cycle assessment LCA remanufacturing remanufactured compressors refrigeration air conditioning end of life EOL products greenhouse gases GHG emissions reuse sustainable manufacturing sustainability. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 222 236 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=42154 This report summarises the presentations, discussions, and recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Workshop 'Sustainable Manufacturing: Metrics, Standards, and Infrastructure' held at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, October 13th through October 15th, 2009. The primary objective of this workshop was to bring together experts and various stakeholders to identify and discuss measurement and standards enablers that positively affect the social, economic, environmental, and technological aspects of designing sustainable production processes and products. The workshop was well attended and consisted of thirty presentations organised under five sessions: 1) government initiatives; 2) industry perspectives; 3) university research; 4) non-government organisations (NGOs) research; 5) solution providers' views. Two breakout sessions and an industry panel provided a set of recommendations for addressing critical issues in sustainable manufacturing. Summary of the NIST workshop on sustainable manufacturing: metrics, standards, and infrastructure
Sudarsan Rachuri, Ram D. Sriram, Anantha Narayanan, Prabir Sarkar, Jae Hyun Lee, Kevin W. Lyons, Vijay Srinivasan, Sharon J. Kemmerer
International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 237 - 259
This report summarises the presentations, discussions, and recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Workshop 'Sustainable Manufacturing: Metrics, Standards, and Infrastructure' held at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, October 13th through October 15th, 2009. The primary objective of this workshop was to bring together experts and various stakeholders to identify and discuss measurement and standards enablers that positively affect the social, economic, environmental, and technological aspects of designing sustainable production processes and products. The workshop was well attended and consisted of thirty presentations organised under five sessions: 1) government initiatives; 2) industry perspectives; 3) university research; 4) non-government organisations (NGOs) research; 5) solution providers' views. Two breakout sessions and an industry panel provided a set of recommendations for addressing critical issues in sustainable manufacturing.

]]> 10.1504/IJSM.2011.042154 International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 (2011) pp. 237 - 259 Sudarsan Rachuri Ram D. Sriram Anantha Narayanan Prabir Sarkar Jae Hyun Lee Kevin W. Lyons Vijay Srinivasan Sharon J. Kemmerer Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ' Manufacturing Systems Integration Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA sustainable manufacturing sustainability requirements standards regulations product sustainability impact measure design for sustainability DfS NIST workshop report metrics infrastructure. 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00 2 2/3 237 259 2011-08-29T23:20:50-05:00