Towards a sustainable manufacturing system design: A multi-objective optimization model

Reda Nujoom, Qian Wang, Ahmed Mohammed

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Abstract

Developments of sustainable manufacturing systems are considered as one of effective solutions to minimize the environmental impact. Design of a sustainable manufacturing system can be partially achieved through the implementation of lean methods to reduce manufacturing wastes and operational costs, and increase the system efficiency and productivity. However, the lean approach does not include environmental wastes in such as energy consumption and CO2 emissions when designing a lean manufacturing system. This paper addresses these issues by evaluating a sustainable manufacturing system design considering energy consumption, CO2 emissions and the total cost using the multi-objective approach. To this aim, a multi-objective mathematical model was developed under economic and ecological constraints in terms of minimization of the total cost, energy consumption and CO2 emissions associated with the number of machines involved in each process in conjunction with a quantity of material flow for processing these products in a manufacturing system. A real case study was used for examining the validation and applicability of the developed sustainable manufacturing system model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing
Subtitle of host publicationAddressing Global Challenges through Automation and Computing
EditorsJie Zhang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISBN (Electronic)9780701702618
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2017
Event23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing, ICAC 2017 - Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Duration: 7 Sept 20178 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing: Addressing Global Challenges through Automation and Computing

Conference

Conference23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing, ICAC 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityHuddersfield
Period7/09/178/09/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the Higher Committee for Education Development in Saudi Arabia for the financial support to this study.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Chinese Automation and Computing Society in the UK - CACSUK.

Keywords

  • CO
  • Energy consumption
  • Environmental constraints
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Multi-objectives
  • Sustainable manufacturing systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Optimization
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Health Informatics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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