Management of sustainable manufacturing systems-a review on mathematical problems

Tung Sun Chan, Nan Li, Sai Ho Chung, Mozafar Saadat

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Abstract

The ever-growing awareness of environmental protection has significantly influenced the method of manufacturing products. Due to the introduction of new processes, the management of sustainable manufacturing shows different characteristics to those of traditional systems. Sustainable manufacturing systems have attracted a great deal of attention in the past 20 years as an emerging manufacturing approach. Particularly in the last 10 years, the number of papers focusing on the topic of sustainable manufacturing systems’ management has increased rapidly. More and more practical factors have been considered and integrated into this area which makes it more complex, but closer to reality. This paper aims to classify the mathematical problems dealing with the management of sustainable manufacturing systems. More than 100 related papers mainly from 1994 to 2015 have been selected and reviewed and divided into three categories according to the main elements in a manufacturing system: production planning and control, inventory management and control and manufacturing network design. The development of each category is summarised and the corresponding mathematical problems are discussed to provide a general overview of the relevant research fields and identify future research directions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1210-1225
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Production Research
Volume55
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • green
  • manufacturing management
  • manufacturing systems
  • mathematical problems
  • sustainability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Strategy and Management
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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