The automotive industry is facing on-going challenges to improve the sustainability of its
manufacturing processes and vehicle emissions due to economic, environmental …

Because sustainable scheduling is attracting increasing amounts of attention from many
manufacturing companies and energy is a central concern regarding sustainability, the …

Measuring energy efficiency performance of equipments, processes and factories is the first
step to effective energy management in production. Thus, enabled energy-related …

Increase in societal demand for sustainability has resulted in attention to sustainable
manufacturing. Although an attractive goal to most, executives face difficulties in …

When business practices shift from a traditional open supply chain to a closed loop instead,
the environmental and societal issues are efficiently integrated in business development …

Since the depletion of fossil energy sources, rising energy prices, and governmental
regulation restrictions, the current manufacturing industry is shifting towards more efficient …

Abstract Industry 4.0 (I4. 0), through the digitalization and interconnection of manufacturing
processes, can offer opportunities to improve production systems' sustainability. Despite the …

In an effort to make more sustainable decisions, industry seeks reliable methods to assess
and compare sustainability for manufacturing. Sustainability characterization is intended to …

Since sustainable scheduling is arousing increasing attention from many manufacturing
enterprises and energy consumption is a core problem regarding sustainability, the purpose …

Understanding the dynamic relations of complex behaviors in manufacturing systems and
actively engaging with manufacturers, especially small and medium-sized manufacturers …