Integrated designs for sustainable manufacturing

该研究计划的重点是可持续制造系统（SMS）和逆向物流（RL）系统的概念和设计优化。可持续性被定义为满足当代人需求而不损害后代满足其需求的能力的发展。逆向物流（RL）包括收集、拆卸和处理旧产品、产品部件和/或材料以实现可持续回收的所有活动。在当今全球化时代，世界在以可持续方式满足人类基本需求方面面临着越来越多的挑战。社会各阶层都需要有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，从而建立一个可持续的世界。有鉴于此，目前的工业生产和消费文化将经历重大变化，如处理污染和废物问题，减少不可再生资源的消耗，增加制造商对环境保护的责任。因此，需要改变传统的制造业目标。传统上，工业制造是由提高制造资源的效率、提高质量和降低成本的目标驱动的。虽然这些传统的制造业目标在未来将继续存在，但也必须考虑减少自然资源的消耗，对环境的影响，以及在可持续分销系统框架内整合制造业。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、返工和再制造。此外，在设计和管理供应链网络时，所有这些都必须在更大的“逆向物流”框架内加以考虑。在此基础上，本研究计划将开发和优化可持续制造和逆向物流系统的分析和仿真模型。SMS和RL系统的设计之间的相互关系也将被调查。

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.