Integrated designs for sustainable manufacturing

这项研究计划集中在可持续制造系统(SMS)和逆向物流(RL)系统的概念和设计优化。可持续发展的定义是在不损害子孙后代满足其需要的能力的情况下满足当前需要的发展。逆向物流(RL)包括收集、拆解和处理旧产品、产品部件和/或材料以实现可持续回收的所有活动。在当今的全球化时代，世界面临着以可持续的方式满足人类基本需求的日益严峻的挑战。在创造一个可持续世界的过程中，需要在社会各阶层采取创新和重大的解决办法，以解决这些复杂和相互关联的问题。有鉴于此，目前的工业生产和消费文化将发生重大变化，如处理污染和废物问题，减少不可再生资源的消耗，增加制造商的环境保护责任。因此，有必要改变制造业的传统目标。传统上，工业制造的驱动目标是提高制造资源的效率、提高质量和降低成本。虽然这些传统的制造目标将在未来继续存在，但也必须考虑到减少自然资源的消耗、对环境的影响以及将制造纳入可持续分配系统的框架内。这些趋势将从根本上改变制造系统和供应链设计。这些变化包括在这些设计中整合回收、拆卸、再加工和再制造。此外，所有这些都必须在供应链网络的设计和管理的“逆向物流”的更大框架内加以考虑。在此基础上，本研究将对可持续制造和逆向物流系统的分析和仿真模型进行开发和优化。还将研究短消息系统和RL系统设计之间的相互关系。

This research program focuses on conception and design optimization of Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SMS) and Reverse Logistics (RL) Systems. Sustainability is defined as the development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Reverse Logistics (RL) include all activities to collect, disassemble and process used products, product parts, and/or materials for a sustainable recovery. In this present era of globalization, the world is facing ever growing challenges to meet basic human needs in a sustainable manner. Innovative and significant solutions are required at all levels of society to address these complex and inter-related problems in the creation of a sustainable world. In view of these, the present industrial production and consumption culture will experience significant changes such as dealing with pollution and waste problems, decreasing non-renewable resource consumption, and increasing manufacturer responsibility for environmental protection. There is, accordingly, a need to change the traditional objectives of manufacturing. Industrial manufacturing was traditionally driven by the objectives of increasing efficiency of the manufacturing resources, quality improvement, and cost reduction. Whereas these traditional manufacturing objectives will continue to exist in the future, account must also be taken of the reduction in the consumption of natural resources, the impact on environment, and the integration of manufacturing within a framework of sustainable distribution systems. These trends will radically change the manufacturing system and the supply chain designs. These changes include the integration of recycling, disassembly, re-work, and remanufacturing in these designs. Furthermore, all these have to be considered within a larger framework of "Reverse Logistics" in the design and management of supply chain networks. Based on these, in this research program, analytical and simulation models of Sustainable Manufacturing and Reverse Logistics Systems will be developed and optimized. The interrelations between the designs of SMS and the RL systems will also be investigated.