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Development of a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Manufacturing Industry

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Title Development of a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Manufacturing Industry
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Contributor Kuldip Singh Sangwan
 
Subject Manufacturing Industry
Mechanical Engineering
Sustainability
 
Description The growth of manufacturing is inevitable for improving the living standards of the society particularly in emerging, developing and underdeveloped countries. The industry needs to
newlinefocus on making manufacturing more efficient and less polluting through lesser resources
newlineconsumption and reduced emissions so that the development is viable, equitable and
newlineacceptable. In other words, manufacturing needs to be sustainable. And to make
newlinemanufacturing sustainable or to improve sustainability of manufacturing, sustainability assessment is required. To improve manufacturing sustainability, it should be assessed from social, economic, and environmental perspectives in terms of resource consumption
newlineand emissions. The assessment should have appropriate indicators and appropriate
newlinereporting format so that decision makers can take the informed decisions.
newlineThe study aims at developing a manufacturing sustainability assessment framework and
newlineits elements. The objectives of the study are to develop appropriate models for the easy, effective and integrated assessment of a manufacturing organization s preparedness to
newlineadopt sustainability improvement initiatives for sustainability improvement. The study also aims at identifying appropriate indicators for assessing product sustainability, process
newlinesustainability, and sustainability policies across all resources throughout pre
newlinemanufacturing, manufacturing and post-manufacturing activities in terms of
newlineenvironmental, economic and social indicators. The appropriate indicators are identified
newlinefrom literature and tested for an Indian cement industry using an empirical study. 229 questions are identified to assess organizational preparedness for sustainability assessment and improvement.
newlineThe study contributes to the existent body of knowledge in the field of manufacturing
newlinesustainability, which is still in the nascent state of research, practice and teaching. The
newlineiv
newline
newlineproposed readiness self-assessment model is first such model for assessing preparedness
newlineof an organization. T
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Date 2018-10-18T04:54:39Z
2018-10-18T04:54:39Z
1/7/2011
2018
08/01/2018
 
Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/219208
 
Language English
 
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Rights university
 
Format 289
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DVD
 
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Publisher Pilani
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Mechanical Engineering
 
Source University