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The solar photovoltaics (PV) industry would not exist without government policies. Governments around the world have implemented policies to support consumption of solar energy and production of solar PV products. These policies have varied across countries and across time, thus contributing to
regulatory uncertainty. This article addresses two related questions. First, how does regulatory uncertainty in the solar PV industry shape firms’ market and non-market strategies? Second, how might firms’ responses to this public-policy environment affect technolog- ical development and the locus of manufacturing? Government policies on solar PV, and firms’ strategies to over-come regulatory uncertainty, may have unintended consequences. Firms’ decisions on location and
technology development may result in loss of employment and national competitiveness for developed countries; and firms’ market strategies may increase regulatory uncertainty if they do
not involve non-market stakeholders. (Keywords: Government and Business, Energy Policy, Public Policy, Green Manufacturing, Regulation, Corporate Strategy)

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- International Business, Chinese Studies, Renewable Energy, Sinology

For sustainable manufacturing, the concept of green manufacturing has received a wide acceptance by the manufacturers. A technique called Green Manufacturing Index (GMI) is moulded in this paper, which will determine the effectivity of the green manufacturing process in terms of economic and environmental prospects. The method of GMI has been developed by subcategorizing the machining practices based on their limitations, economic and environmental impacts to maintain a sustainable manufacturing standard for industries. The proposed technique would be applicable to any manufacturing process in industry.

- by Awais Farooqi and +1
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- Research Methodology, Green Manufacturing, Green Manufacturing Processes Modelling, Envoironmental Engineering

Internal processes of corporate greening have received little scholarly attention. A two-study investigation of consumer-goods producers, implementing environmental management and subject to the 1991 German Packaging Ordinance offers new insights. Findings from Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis, suggest two independent dimensions of environmental management: Policy Commitment and Approach to Implementation. We expand traditional strategic change models, and generate a typology of four types of corporate greening: Deliberate Reactive, Unrealized, Emergent Active, and Deliberate Proactive greening. These are fleshed out with four known cases in Study 2. Alternative conceptual scenarios, developed to explain those types with inconsistent values for Policy Commitment and Implementation, point to new directions for research on the dynamics of internal processes of corporate greening. We conclude with implications for corporate social performance and strategic change models.

Nowadays, manufacturing industries are rapidly developing. However the constraints faced by today's producers are how to produce their products quickly through low costs while at the same time, the reduction of waste disposal in the environment. The high waste of time in the manufacturing industry is often attributed to the wastage that occurred in the company’s operations. Lean manufacturing is linked for improving the standard working. It is one of the production strategies that drive the industry towards a more efficient production of goods and services. Meanwhile, green manufacturing has been adopted as a requirement to achieve a minimal negative impact on the environment. The green lean is a concept to make sure system more efficient, reduce unwanted product releases and minimize the environmental impact. So, the main objective of this research is to reduce cycle time in manufacturing company by adopting green lean elements. This research focuses on furniture manufacturing ...

Research related to the natural environment in operations management is still in its infancy. The relatively few studies to
date have primarily emphasized environmental issues relating to process technologies, quality, new product development,
and supply chain management. This paper reports on the work of a focus group of environmental and operations
management researchers, which generated a broad framework useful for identifying fruitful research opportunities. This
framework is structured along two dimensions: level of analysis and process of environmental improvement. Research areas
identified by the focus group to be most promising subsequently were mapped onto this framework. Strong opportunities for
building our understanding of environmental issues and improving practice are evident in the areas of manufacturing
strategy, quality, supply chain management, and technology management. Research on intra- and inter-firm diffusion of best
practices, environmental technology investment and transfer, and measurement of environmental performance promises to
lead to a more integrative view of environmental operations management.

Today Indian industries are more concerned about sustainable development along with aspects of economical, social and environmental through Green manufacturing (GM) practices. This is a result of community pressure due to awareness about rising pollution and Indian government initiative of making the industries to follow the norms and regulations intended for environmental progress. GM emphasises on reducing and recycling waste, minimising pollution and rising efficiency. Authors have undertaken a survey of industries in Mumbai and nearby industrial areas of Maharashtra state, India through a questionnaire to investigate factors affecting cost benefits of organization's GM initiative. After testing and ensuring the data collected from respondents, the empirical model was tested using regression analysis by SPSS 21 statistical tool. The results of this research indicates that execution of green design, execution of green manufacturing and environmental Acts implementation into organization has significantly positive effect on cost benefits of organization.

- by Vivek Yakkundi
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- Green Manufacturing

Materials reuse is a key principle of sustainable manufacturing. Inclusive business models focus on the integration of large and small firms. They can also focus on the integration of small firms with low-income communities. Pollution and waste are common environmental problems in low income areas. Companies can benefit by engaging low income communities in local recycling programs via which the community delivers used consumer goods to companies. Compensation models should incentivize voluntary recycling while still remaining below the cost of acquiring virgin raw materials.

- by Cecilia Wandiga
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- Inclusive Design, Sustainable materials, Green Manufacturing

Increasingly, stakeholders are asking or requiring organizations to be more environmentally responsible with respect to their products and processes; reasons include regulatory requirements, product stewardship, public image, and potential competitive advantages. This paper presents an exploratory study of the relationships between specific environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices. This paper addresses the present problems which are compelling industries to adopt green manufacturing processes and its contribution towards a sustainable environment. Findings suggest that environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices may be positively associated
with competitive outcomes. In particular, different types of environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices (e.g., pollution prevention, product stewardship) are associated with different competitive outcomes (e.g., manufacturing cost, product quality). These specific findings can be helpful to engineering and operations managers as they respond to environmental and competitive demands.

- by Srijan Manish and +1
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- Environmental Science, Green Chemistry, Sustainable Development, Green Marketing

The manufacturing industry has been facing the pressure of supply-demand and climate change around the globe. Many industry players are constantly seeking for alternative option to strike a good balance between operation and environmental performance. Despite many studies on lean and green that have been done, there is no definite definition for lean and green. This paper explores the evolution and contribution of lean manufacturing and green manufacturing. The paper’s main contribution is to focus on the application and impact of lean and green approach in the manufacturing industry. The common challenges and confusions faced by the manufacturing industry are studied. This paper identifies the similarities and benefit of both lean and green approaches, the synergy effect of lean and green, application tools, and misconception of lean and green. It allows the industries to have a better understanding on the application of tools and challenges prior to moving forward with actual implementation of the lean and green approach. This paper also identifies potential research gaps which address the need of effective lean and green implementation strategy in the industry. The need to reduce the implementation gap for lean and green approach will contribute significantly towards sustainable manufacturing.

- by Wei Dong Leong and +1
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- Operations Management, Operations Research, Manufacturing, Sustainable Development

Green marketing is also known as ecological marketing and environmental marketing. Green marketing is the marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe. Thus green marketing incorporates a broad range of activities, including product modification, changes to the production process, packaging changes, as well as modifying advertising. In the modern era of globalization, it has become a challenge to keep our natural environment safe. And this is the biggest need of the time. Environmental pollution is a buzz word in today's business environment. Consumers are also aware of the environmental issues like, global warming and the impact of environmental pollution. Green marketing is a phenomenon which has developed particular important in the modern market and has emerged as an important concept in India and also in other developing and developed world, and is seen as an important strategy of facilitating sustainable development. In greenwashing a company promotes green-based environmental initiatives or images but actually operates in a way that is damaging to the environment or in an opposite manner to the goal of the announced initiatives. This can also include misleading customers about the environmental benefits of a product through misleading advertising. The general idea behind greenwashing is to create a benefit by appearing to be a green company. Even many energy companies, some of the world's biggest carbons emitters have attempted rebrand themselves as environmentally friendly. The tools used in greenwashing can include press releases about green projects or task forces put into place, energy reduction or pollution reduction efforts, and rebranding of consumer products and advertising materials. In actuality, the company or group may be operating in damaging ways or may simply be unwilling to make a meaningful commitment to green initiatives.

- by DR. RAKESH KUMAR
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- Marketing, Advertising, Green Marketing, Environmental Sustainability

In its attempt to establish the influence of Green supply chain management strategy on procurement performance in the Sugar Industry in Kenya, the study aimed at ascertaining the influence of green purchasing on procurement performance, exploring the influence of green manufacturing on procurement performance. Using a cross sectional survey research design on 11 sugar factories in Kenya consisting of 4 Parastatal Companies and 7 Private Companies, the study sampled stores department, purchasing department and finance department of the selected sugar factories through a sample of 132 respondents for representativeness. The gathered data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) both descriptively and inferentially using regression and factor analyses. The study findings showed that Green purchasing and Green manufacturing, all had direct as shown by the R Square value of .627 implying that the independent variables account for 62.7% of procurement performance. The findings also showed that professional experience, supply knowledge training, green purchasing, technical knowledge, quality and reliability, innovation, delivery, morale, customer relations and productivity all influences procurement performance and add environmental

- by Dr. David Kiarie Mburu
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- Business, Procurement, Green Supply Chain Management, Green Manufacturing

- by Srijan Manish and +1
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- Sustainable Development, Sustainability (Organisational Strategy), Sustainable Energy, Environmental Sustainability

Recently industries have tried to implement measures geared to GM practices, though; the effort towards green agenda is not straightforward because of the obstacles facing the industries. The presence of these barriers makes the implementation of green issue complex to the industries. So that, the world should develop proper understanding of these barriers to smooth the practices of GM. This paper was aimed to identify critical barriers to GM practices of Ethiopian cement industries. To accomplish this objective; Questionnaires, interviews, and focus group discussions were used. The study found that low enforcement

- by Journal ijmr.net.in(UGC Approved)
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- Green Manufacturing

- by Danduram Soren and +1
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- Lean Manufacturing, Sustainability of the environment, Green Manufacturing

A small furniture production company has integrated lean tools and sustainability concepts with discrete event simulation modeling and analysis as well as mathematical optimization to make a positive impact on the environment, society and its own financial success. The principles of lean manufacturing that aid in the elimination of waste have helped the company meet ever increasing customer demands while preserving valuable resources for future generations. The implementation of lean and sustainable manufacturing was aided by the use of discrete event simulation and optimization to overcome deficits in lean's traditional implementation strategies. Lean and green manufacturing can have a more significant, positive impact on multiple measures of operational performance when implemented concurrently rather than separately. These ideas are demonstrated by three applications.

- by James Cool
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- Lean Manufacturing, Environmental Sustainability, Optimization, Green Manufacturing

Green Supply Chain Management (GrSCM) has received increased attention from both academia and industry in recent years in the industrial nations. It focuses on reducing the adverse impact of business processes on the environment. These business processes include product design, material sourcing and selection, manufacturing processes, product delivery and end-of-life management of the product. The research studying interactions between environment and businesses in Pakistan has been scarce. This study is conducted to set a platform for GrSCM research in Pakistan as it aims to investigate the perceptions of the manufacturers and consumers regarding their understanding about GrSCM and green products. A qualitative research design including in-depth interviews from senior managers of three manufacturing firms and a focus group of customers has been conducted for this purpose. A list of critical factors of GrSCM has been developed based on survey of the literature. The comparison between the GrSCM literature, manufacturer perception about GrSCM and consumer perception about green products lead towards the conclusions regarding; how consumers perceive green products? Do they really demand such products? Do the manufacturers think there is a need for GrSCM? How do they think GrSCM can lead to competitiveness and better economic performance? Basic understanding regarding these issues leads to the future direction for research and practice in this area.

- by JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH (JMR) and +2
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- Supply Chain Management, Developing Countries, Green Products, Green Manufacturing

This paper focuses on investigating the effect of green manufacturing on operational performance of manufacturing firms. The study adopted crosssectional survey design and data was collected across all the 61 manufacturing firms listed by KAM in 2019 through questionnaires. The study used Regression Model technique to analyze the quantitative data and validate the developed research model. Green manufacturing was found to have a positive effect on operational performance. Green product design and development, GSCM, and efficient processes had significant effect in enhancing operational performance while end-of-life product management was found to have insignificant relationship with operational performance.

- by Eric Musau
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- Business, Operations Management, Sustainable Supply Chain, Product Management

Industrial waste represents a burden for the environment, it leads to pollution and it is an indication that resources were not used efficiently during the manufacturing process. An inefficient production process increases production costs and weakens a company’s competitiveness and profitability. Academics in the field of industrial ecology have proposed the concept of industrial symbiosis; governments promote the concept in efforts to support industry in this challenge, but the industrial symbiosis concept lacks a key factor, the “voice of the economy”. This discussion paper proposes a new design methodology: the ATM of waste (Analyse, Transform and Market). It builds on industrial
symbiosis by adding the “voice of the economy”, suggesting that companies should add value to unavoidable waste, which would normally be sent to landfills or exchanged at scrap value. This added value increases the competitiveness and improves the
environmental performance of an organization. Additionally, a tool for idea development based on the fundamental uses of waste is presented. This methodology, driven by market forces, satisfies the ultimate objective of business: profits, its strengths and weaknesses are discussed in detail.

Value stream mapping is a lean tool which is used in lean manufacturing to find the flow of information and material, as a product it makes way through value stream. These envision tool helps to understand processes by using of stream lined work process. In these paper value stream maps of a process by using simulation is developed. By creating dynamic value stream maps makes it possible to analyze and optimize more complex systems than traditional VSM. Simulation can be used with value stream mapping to give it power and flexibility in order to dynamically change the state of the system. The study is conducted in milk processing plant, in particular a company who manufacture dairy based products. The aim is to identify extent of waste and how these can be reduced and/or eliminated from the value stream and consequently promoting Green Manufacturing. The benefits are visualized with the help of simulation which can reap long term yield for the manufacturers.

- by GRD JOURNALS and +1
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- Lean Manufacturing, Simulation, Green Manufacturing, Vsm

Green processes are very important for the implementation of green technologies in production to achieve positive sustainability outcomes in the Industry 4.0 era. The scope of the paper is to review how conventional green processes as a part of Industry 4.0 provide sustainability outcomes in manufacturing. The paper is based on the methodology of systematic literature review through the content analysis of literary resources. Twenty-nine studies were included in our content analysis. The results show the main focus of current literature related to Industry 4.0, sustainability outcomes and green processes. The authors present a conceptual Sustainability Green Industry 4.0 (SGI 4.0) framework that helps to structure and evaluate conventional green processes in relation to Industry 4.0 and sustainability. The study summarizes which technologies (big data, cyber-physical systems, Industrial Internet of Things and smart systems) and green processes (logistics, manufacturing and product design) are important for achieving a higher level of sustainability. The authors found that the most often common sustainability outcomes are energy saving, emission reduction, resource optimalization, cost reduction, productivity and efficiency and higher economic performance, human resources development, social welfare and workplace safety. The study suggests implications for practice, knowledge and future research.

- by Martin Pech
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- Green Technologies, Green Manufacturing, Green Industry, Green Processing

Electronics-assembly companies are always trying to reduce solder-ball defects as their customers keep tightening specification since the solder balls could cause electrical short circuit and damage to the product. The effect of solder ball defects is not only on quality risk, but also on scrap costs. Consequently, electronics-assembly companies need to keep focusing on minimizing this type of defects. One initiative to overcome this problem is to minimize the spattering of solder while the product is passing through reflow-soldering oven. Reflow soldering is a complex process, which requires specific optimal soldering conditions based on experimental data. The trial-and-error method to determine the optimal conditions would require a prohibitively large number of experiments, however, and so the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) has been employed in this research to overcome this problem.
The main idea of RSM is to use a set of designed experiments to obtain the optimal response. The second-order model was used here. The ramp-up rate and pre-heat time of reflow-thermal profile were selected as the input variables, and the number of solder-ball defects was selected as the output variable.
This research project has resulted in US$1,094 monthly cost savings under the given optimal conditions, which are 1.4 0C/s of ramp-up rate and 60 s of pre-heat time. At this rate the project is paid back in less than a month. Apart from the tangible benefit, other intangibles were also gained as lessons learned from the implementation of this methodology could be extended to other products.

- by Eric MUsau
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- Business, Operations Management, Sustainable Supply Chain, Product Management

ABSTRACT: The aim of present experimental investigation is to compare the mechanical properties of Sisal, jute and kenaf fiber reinforced with glass fiber in polyester matrix hybrid composites. Hybrid composites were fabricated by hand lay-up technique. The tensile, flexural and impact tests were carried out on different composite samples as per the ASTM standards. It was observed that the tensile strength of jute/glass fiber composite is 1.94 and 1.59 times more than that of sisal/glass and kenaf/glass composites, respectively. The flexural load carrying capacity of sisal/glass composite is 3.4 and 2.83 times greater than those of jute/glass and kenaf/glass composites, respectively. Also, it can be seen that impact strength of jute/glass composite is almost equal to that of kenaf/glass composite and 1.13 times more than that of sisal/glass composite.

- by Suresh babu Annamalai and +2
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- Composites, Natural Fiber Thermoplastic Composites, Natural Fiber Composites, Polymer Composites

Istilah ‘zaman now’ pada judul buku ini adalah semacam bahasa
gaul yang digunakan oleh kalangan millenial atau generasi Z, sebuah
generasi dengan pemanfaatan internet dan dunia maya yang masif,
serta akrab dengan gadget yang canggih. Sebutan ini simbolik untuk
menggambarkan perkembangan dunia masa kini yang dinamis,
informatif dan kadang disruptif (menggangu tatanan yang ada).
Tetapi dilain sisi ‘zaman now’ dapat juga berarti sebagai usaha untuk
memfokuskan pada pemenuhan yang bersifat materi pada generasi
sekarang, tanpa mengorbankannya untuk generasi yang akan datang
atau lebih dikenal dengan istilah berkelanjutan (sustainable). Dua
sisi ini, yaitu trend teknologi terkini terutama peningkatan peran
komputer, digitalisasi data, perangkat lunak dan internet di satu sisi,
dan isu-isu keberlanjutan dan manufaktur yang ramah terhadap
lingkungan di sisi yang lain, merupakan wacana berfikir yang ingin
ditawarkan pada buku ini.
Tiga kata kunci yang berkaitan dengan manufaktur dalam judul
buku ini adalah maya, awan dan hijau. Maya atau virtual mengandung
pengertian “Manufaktur dalam komputer” yang berarti memanfaatkan
komputer untuk membuat model digital dari produk, proses dan pabrik
untuk tujuan simulasi, visualisasi dan optimasi. Awan atau cloud adalah
metafora dari internet dan jaringan yang menghubungkan berbagai
macam perangkat komputer dan perangkat lainnya sebagai sebuah
resources. Manufaktur awan dapat berupa aplikasi perangkat lunak
manufaktur berbasis internet yang memberi layanan on-demand, atau
juga sebuah sistem fisik-siber dari seluruh sumber daya manufaktur
yang saling terhubung dengan jaringan internet. Kata hijau atau green
adalah metafora dari manufaktur yang bersih dan ramah lingkungan,
menghemat pemakaian sumber daya, terutama material dan energi
pada seluruh siklus hidup produk. Ketiga paradigma manufaktur di
atas sangat mengemuka pada zaman sekarang, dimana fleksibilitas,
mobilitas, optimalisasi, kecepatan, dan efisiensi sangat diperlukan.

Environmental impacts of six 3D printers using various materials were compared to determine if material choice drove sustainability, or if other factors such as machine type, machine size, or machine utilization dominate. Cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessments were performed, comparing a commercial-scale FDM machine printing in ABS plastic, a desktop FDM machine printing in ABS, a desktop FDM machine printing in PET and PLA plastics, a polyjet machine printing in its proprietary polymer, an SLA machine printing in its polymer, and an inkjet machine hacked to print in salt and dextrose. All scenarios were scored using ReCiPe Endpoint H methodology to combine multiple impact categories, comparing environmental impacts per part made for several scenarios per machine. Results showed that most printers’ ecological impacts were dominated by electricity use, not materials, and the changes in electricity use due to different plastics was not significant compared to variation from one machine to another. Variation in machine idle time determined impacts per part most strongly. However, material impacts were quite important for the inkjet printer hacked to print in salt: In its optimal scenario, it had up to 1/38th the impact score per part as the worst-performing machine in the same scenario. If salt parts were infused with epoxy to make them more physically robust, then much of this advantage disappeared, and material impacts actually dominated or equaled electricity use. Future studies should also measure DMLS and SLS processes / materials.

- by Jeremy Faludi and +1
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- Life Cycle Assessment, 3D printing, Sustainable Design, Additive Manufacturing

This study continues recent work providing the first life-cycle assessment (LCA) of multiple 3D printers using comprehensive multi-variable impacts, and the first such comparison of additive manufacturing vs. machining. In this study, new machines were measured and the functional unit was adjusted from the making of two solid parts to making one thin-walled part, for more realistic comparison of the prototyping most often performed by 3D printers, according to industry sources. Machines measured were a Mori Seiki NVD1500 DCG CNC mill, a Haas VF0 CNC mill, an Afinia H480 desktop FDM printer, a Dimension 1200BST FDM printer, an Objet Connex 350 polyjet printer, and a Projet 6000 SLA printer. Scoring used ReCiPe Endpoint H. Printer usage varies widely, so scenarios included theoretically making parts 24 hrs/day, 7 days/wk, as well as making just one part per week, either leaving machines idling or turning them off when not in use.

This work proposes a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to be used in manufacturing industry that combines Lean, Energy and Six-Sigma methodologies. Lean's VSM tool is amended to energy VSM so that the value-added and non-valueadded approach can be used to determine the energy use and waste. In order to identify the maximum rejection or rework at a workstation, an entropy-based mathematical model is developed and a Lean-Energy-Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping (LESSVSM) is presented. The model can be used in manufacturing at product level where temperature and energy can be measured from input to output. The model has been implemented on a manufacturing system containing four workstations. The proposed LESSVSM model will help to industry to become more sustainable as it can minimize energy and waste in the case of rework and rejection. This study presents a systematic approach which researchers and practitioners can apply for sustainable manufacturing.

- by VINAY SHARMA and +1
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- Medicine, Manufacturing systems, Optimization, Green Manufacturing
- by Dierk Raabe
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- Metallurgy, Life Cycle Assessment, Titanium, Environmental Sustainability

- by eric musau
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- Business, Operations Management, Sustainable Supply Chain, Product Management

Síntesis Como menciona Mercado y Solano (2016) las perspectivas del proceso de diseño resultan confusas y dispersas para las diferentes áreas que lo aplican; ya que la creación y el desarrollo de sistemas tienen diferentes paradigmas dependiendo su enfoque, sin embargo existen principios transversales que interceptan al diseño en cualquier profesión. La aproximación al usuario final, es indudablemente algo que siempre debe pretender estudiarse antes de desarrollar cualquier idea, este enfoque centralizado busca derribar los paradigmas funcionalistas que el siglo pasado y la modernidad han heredado, y, es mediante el enfoque sistémico que la construcción de los procesos de diseño pretenden explicar y acercar soluciones a un siglo donde la subjetividad adquiere la validez negada por mucho tiempo. El estudio del diseño desde la teoría de sistemas complejos de Morín, es la base principal para el desarrollo de nuevas metodologías de diseño, con la finalidad de optimizar los procesos de diseño y abarcar todas las dimensiones necesarias para desarrollar soluciones que contemplen las diferentes alternativas y resulten en aproximaciones eficaces. El enfoque sistémico pretende identificar los elementos fundamentales para crear una propuesta, mediante el estudio de las relaciones, resultado de la suma de un todo mucho menor que el todo en sí, es decir el sistema es inseparable y sus interacciones representan solo un recorte de menor complejidad que el sistema en sí, resultando impredecible, fuera de equilibrio (por su necesidad de mantenimiento), con un comportamiento no lineal (debido a las condiciones iniciales únicas para cada momento), adaptativo (sin una configuración única), interactivo (al ser un proceso cíclico) e interdisciplinario (por la necesidad de pretender diferentes conocimientos sobre las afecciones de sus partes). El proceso de desarrollo del diseño consiste entonces en comprender el problema, observar y describir los elementos; para así realizar un análisis profundo de la problemática; solo así es posible construir una idea " una propuesta carente de información previa condena al diseñador a generar propuestas poco pertinentes, ignorando las necesidades ". Es entonces esencial considerar la multidimensionalidad de los usuarios (cognitivas, afectivas, sociales y físicas), mediante la perspectiva de la ergonomía y el lenguaje del signo, significante y significado mediante la semiótica; para así definir cuáles son las variables que definen el objeto de la actividad y el desarrollo en el entorno actual. Además resulta esencial incluir una tercera perspectiva, la de la retórica, que permite fundamentar la propuesta realizada mediante principios que validen las propuestas. (Mercado Colin & Solano Meneses, 2016)

In this paper we will discuss about green manufacturing and its socio-economic aspects in
steel and iron industry in current scenario of India. Challenges and opportunities will be discussed
by taking example of a Chinese steel industry named Jinan Steel and Iron Group Corporation.
Quantitative analysis was used to illustrate the effect of green manufacturing. Results show
that measures of green manufacturing taken by in iron industry are effective and it is feasible
and necessary to practice green manufacturing in iron industry as it shows a remarkable
improvement in economic profits in spite of being eco friendly.

- by Sachin Chaturvedi
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- Green Manufacturing, Iron and Steel Making Industry

Increasing global population contributes to the depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources. Designing an environmental friendly product is an important factor in this present developing environment. A product undergo various environmental impact starting from consumption of resources until its final disposal, to evaluate such environmental impact a methodology can be used known as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA has become a well known tool to provide information in respect to environmental performance for making decisions. One more method is concerned with LCA, Monte-Carlo Simulation. The capability of the product reusability can be obtained by the use of simulation and the results obtained from it. One of the case study for this perspective is carried for an organization which deals with the rotary switch.

- by eric musau
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- Business, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Sustainable Supply Chain

- by Zhongyin Hu
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- Engineering, Sustainable Manufacturing, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Design

- by Vinay A
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- Manufacturing systems, Optimization, Green Manufacturing, Sustainable Development Model

Research related to the natural environment in operations management is still in its infancy. The relatively few studies to date have primarily emphasized environmental issues relating to process technologies, quality, new product development, and supply chain management. This paper reports on the work of a focus group of environmental and operations management researchers, which generated a broad framework useful for identifying fruitful research opportunities. This framework is structured along two dimensions: level of analysis and process of environmental improvement. Research areas identified by the focus group to be most promising subsequently were mapped onto this framework. Strong opportunities for building our understanding of environmental issues and improving practice are evident in the areas of manufacturing strategy, quality, supply chain management, and technology management. Research on intra-and inter-firm diffusion of best practices, environmental technology investment and transfer, and measurement of environmental performance promises to lead to a more integrative view of environmental operations management. q

- by Robert Klassen
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- Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Technology Management

- by Ladislav Rolínek
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- Industry, Green Technologies, Green Manufacturing, Green Industry
- by Nancy Janeth Diaz
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- Green Manufacturing

Modern manufacturing is increasingly complex due to an increased number of stakeholders (e.g. community advocacy groups and consumer interest groups) as well as uncertainties created by rapidly changing technologies and economic conditions. Firms focused on keeping innovation exclusively in-house may find it difficult to develop products which satisfy the latest trends and diversity of interests. Open innovation models allow firms to integrate external IP as well as external resources into the firm’s production strategies. Careful planning and detailed attention to human resource development needs enables the creation of an internal culture that can readily absorb external information to generate value added business models and products.

- by Cecilia Wandiga
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- Strategic Management, Open Innovation, Green Manufacturing

Manufacturing organizations in advanced industrialized countries are facing a wide range of forces
that pressure them to look at the environmental consequences of their production activities. Germany is
considered to be a world leader in establishing and implementing flexible and effective environmental
regulation. The 1991 Packaging Ordinance was designed to address Germany's environmental challenges by
instituting comprehensive requirements for the nationwide pickup, sorting, and recycling of all types of
consumer product packaging waste. A group of 550+ consumer goods producers established a voluntary,
cooperative organization, the Duales System Deutschland (DSD), to develop, administer, and implement a
system to meet the requirements of the Packaging Ordinance.
This dissertation investigated the response of DSD members to the 1991 German Packaging Ordinance at both
the corporate and operational levels. The specific aim of this research was to determine the relationship
between corporate environmental management posture and operating decisions, particularly with regard to
product and process design. A three-phased approach to data collection involved preliminary case research, a
nationwide mail survey, and eight follow-up case studies.
Analysis of respondent data suggests two key dimensions of corporate environmental management: level of
environmental action and intensity of management's environmental values. These two orthogonal dimensions
led to a taxonomy of corporate environmental response profiles. Firms with few operationalized environmental
activities and unstable management values tend to be driven to environmental activity only by legislative
requirements. Firms which score high on both dimensions (action and values) are driven to environmental
activity by a sense of ethical responsibility. Firms which have institutionalized environmental actions without
strong management values tend to be driven by cost savings and waste reduction opportunities, while firms
without institutionalized action but a strong set of management values tend to be driven by marketing
opportunities.
Findings suggest that firms with a strong commitment to environmental action at the corporate level are likely to
engage in fundamental change to improve the environmental impact of a product. Results show that even firms
belonging to a group of environmental leaders (such as the DSD membership) react differently to environmental
pressures at both the corporate and operational levels.

- by Dr. Linda C . Angell
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- Operations Management, Case Study Research, Recycling, Case Studies

Generally, a maintenance process of a machine tool is oriented to maintain its reliability and availability in a relation of its productivity. This productivity will make a direct impact on the economic aspect of its plant. Ecomaintenance is a maintenance concept which sees maintenance in a different perspective. There is another effect on a machine that is maintained well on the environmental aspect beside its benefit of technology and economic aspects. If a machine is maintained with a proper maintenance, it will have a performance suitable with its age design condition. A machine with a good maintenance generally has a minimum rate of pollutant and waste which is possible emerging from the machining process. Then, if it uses for a machining process, it will produce a good quality product on its surface roughness and dimension accuracy. The electrical energy consumption of the machine also can be saved. It means that the GHG which usually emerges from the process of electrical energy generation in the power plant can be minimized, also the coal as fuel can be saved. The result of experiment has proven that the machine with bad maintenance will consume the electrical power higher in range 10%-60.81% than the machine with a good maintenance.

Abstract For sustainable manufacturing, the concept of green manufacturing has received a wide acceptance by the manufacturers. A technique called Green Manufacturing Index (GMI) is moulded in this paper, which will determine the effectivity of the green manufacturing process in terms of economic and environmental prospects. The method of GMI has been developed by sub-categorizing the machining practices based on their limitations, economic and environmental impacts to maintain a sustainable manufacturing standard for industries. The proposed technique would be applicable to any manufacturing process in industry.

- by Awais Farooqi
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- Engineering, Research Methodology, Multidisciplinary, Green Manufacturing
- by Jeremy Faludi
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- Sustainable Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, LCA

Rapid environmental depletion and ever-increasing CO 2 emission have necessitated an environment-friendly manufacturing practice for industries across the globe. In this perspective, green manufacturing (GM) practices were conceptualized and practiced by large scale enterprises of developed countries. However, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are struggling to adopt GM practices. There are many reasons for this struggle in a developing country like India. To shed light on this issue, this research work intends to identify, analyze and rank the predominant barriers , which restrict implementing of GM practices in Indian manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on a comprehensive literature review and experts' opinion by employing the Delphi method (DM), the study revealed 25 barriers, in three broad categories, of GM implementation in Indian SMEs. The identified barriers are ranked, and their interrelationships are explored using a novel integrated multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) framework, with a combination of Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory Model (DEMATEL), Analytical Network Process (ANP), and Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) in a fuzzy context. A sensitivity analysis is performed to check the consistency of the results. The results reveal that core category, which include several barriers related to lack of internal abilities and strategies, is the most critical category of barriers for manufacturing SMEs in India. In particular, the three most critical barriers are lack of research and development (R&D), failure in eco-design and lack of accreditation respectively. The study findings, which provide valuable insight for SME practitioners of Indian manufacturing SMEs, can be used to formulate appropriate strategies to overcome the barriers.

- by Dr. Syed Mithun Ali and +1
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- SMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Green Manufacturing, Green Manufacturing Processes Modelling

Research related to the natural environment in operations management is still in its infancy. The relatively few studies to date have primarily emphasized environmental issues relating to process technologies, quality, new product development, and supply chain management. This paper reports on the work of a focus group of environmental and operations management researchers, which generated a broad framework useful for identifying fruitful research opportunities. This framework is structured along two dimensions: level of analysis and process of environmental improvement. Research areas identified by the focus group to be most promising subsequently were mapped onto this framework. Strong opportunities for building our understanding of environmental issues and improving practice are evident in the areas of manufacturing strategy, quality, supply chain management, and technology management. Research on intra-and inter-firm diffusion of best practices, environmental technology investment and transfer, and measurement of environmental performance promises to lead to a more integrative view of environmental operations management. q

- by Robert Klassen
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- Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Technology Management

The purpose of this study is to report the results of a research designed to identify issues that confront firms in
adopting green manufacturing practices. The study is quantitative in nature, using a survey with open-ended
questions and subjected to content analysis to categorize the status of firms adopting green manufacturing practices
in the Malaysian furniture industry. Responses to an open-ended question concerning steps towards green products
indicate that a small percentage of firms embark in pursuing towards creating green products. However,
generalisability needs to be indicated through replication of findings. This study provides an original insight into the
status of firms adopting green manufacturing practices as well as offering guidance for managers in pursuing green
manufacturing practices