Engineering Driven Sustainable Supply Networks - A UK/India Collaborative Study

这是一项英国和印度先进制造研究挑战提案，旨在调查四个具有国家重要性的行业--航空航天、汽车、制药和食品加工中的工程驱动的可持续供应网络(IFM和TSB 2012，印度国家制造政策，2011)。本研究试图通过将可持续发展的维度整合到传统的成本、质量和及时可靠的交付分析中来扩展现有的供应网络配置理论。供应网络的设计传统上是由成本、质量和及时可靠的供应的运营驱动因素驱动的。然而，网络设计中的可持续性考虑现在变得越来越重要，该项目寻求整合运营模拟和建模(印度理工学院罗帕尔和印度管理学院勒克瑙)和工业供应网络设计(剑桥大学制造学院)的能力，以开发可持续供应网络工程驱动设计的新能力。该提案试图解决的关键研究问题是：如何为制造组织设计更可持续的供应网络？该项目将寻求制定方法，支持能源、材料、水和其他投入等关键资源的最佳利用，同时最大限度地减少废物的产生。方法将支持可持续性实践之间的权衡分析，同时满足与成本、质量和响应性相关的要求。分析单位将是位于英国和印度的离散(汽车和航空航天)和加工(制药、食品加工)行业的特定产品类别。

This is a UK & India Advanced Manufacturing Research Challenges proposal seeking to investigate engineering driven sustainable supply networks in four industries of national importance, Aerospace, Automotive, Pharmaceutical and Food Processing (IfM and TSB 2012, National Manufacturing Policy, India 2011). This research seeks to extend existing supply network configuration theories by integrating sustainability dimensions to the traditional cost, quality, and timely and dependable delivery analysis.The design of supply networks is traditionally driven by operational drivers of cost, quality, and timely and dependable supply. However, sustainability considerations in network design are now becoming increasingly critical and this project seeks to integrate capabilities in the simulation and modelling of operations (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and Indian Institute of Management Lucknow) and industrial supply network design (University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing) toward the development of a new capability in the engineering driven design of sustainable supply networks.The key research question which the proposal tries to address is "How to design more sustainable supply networks for manufacturing organisations?" The project will seek to develop methodologies that support optimal usage of key resources like energy, materials, water and other inputs, while minimising the generation of waste. Methods will support trade-off analysis between sustainability practices, whilst simultaneously meeting the cost, quality and responsiveness related requirements. The unit of analysis will be specific product categories in both discrete (automotive and aerospace and process (pharmaceuticals, food processing) industries located in the UK and India.