Sustainable cybernetic manufacturing

Challenges in Sustainable Manufacturing

Since the release of Brundtland Report in 1987, sustainability practices have received a fair share of attention from researchers and practitioners alike. Sustainable manufacturing practices seek to optimize production efficiency while minimizing environmental impact and maintaining social equity. Research has shown that companies that adopt sustainable practices are able to achieve increased p...

Organizing for sustainability: a cybernetic concept for sustainable renewal

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a holistic structural framework for a sustainable renewal that embraces all relevant contexts – individual, organizational, local-regional and worldwide. This should help humanity achieve a future in which society, economy and ecology are united in an evolutionary process based on multiple symbiosis. Design/methodology/approach – An integrative ...

Value System for Sustainable Manufacturing

Are Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Sustainable?

This paper introduces and opens the debate on the place of “productdriven control” and, on a broader level, Intelligent Manufacturing and Services Systems in sustainable development and circular economy. First, IMS concept and perspectives on future industrial and economic systems, as well as their expected advantages and the challenges to be addressed are introduced. Different sustainability i...

A case study of lean, sustainable 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 dem...