
Innovation and Sustainable Manufacturing
Research and Development
- 1st Edition - September 29, 2022
- Editors: Carolina Machado, J. Paulo Davim
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 5 1 3 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 5 6 1 - 1
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Request a sales quoteInnovation and Sustainable Manufacturing: Research and Development addresses the manufacturing sustainability challenge from different points of view, drawing on research from different disciplines to shed light on the latest green technologies, green product design methods, and materials.
Addressing the needs of practitioners as well as academics, this book examines a range of important themes such as environmental impacts and how to assess them, how to set boundary conditions to include or exclude downstream supply chains, how to improve sustainability without sacrificing productivity, the cost benefits of sustainability, and how to trace impacts in manufacturing.
By providing a thorough review of global research in this field, Innovation and Sustainable Manufacturing acts as an ideal entry point into this discipline for researchers, and a guide to the latest developments for forward-thinking practitioners.
- Covers how different stages of the manufacturing supply chain can impact on sustainability
- Combines research from a variety of disciplines to provide a comprehensive coverage of this complex subject
- Explores the relationship between sustainability and other goals such as productivity, quality, and profitability
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Sustainable and fractal manufacturing systems: complexity minimization when sustainability and Industry 4.0 interact
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Complexity in sustainable manufacturing systems
- 1.3 Fractal paradigm: foundations
- 1.4 Sustainable and fractal manufacturing systems to manage complexity in Industry 4.0
- 1.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Reliability of manufacturing technologies
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Technologies in the context of the sustainable economy
- 2.3 Industrial innovation and manufacturing innovation
- 2.4 The challenges of sustainable economic systems
- 2.5 The reliability of technologies (processes) in the context of the circular economy
- 2.6 Evaluation of the level of reliability in the case of systems related to the circular economy
- 2.7 Reliability of complex systems and evaluation methods applied to the elements that compose the circular economy
- 2.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Energy innovations and sustainable development of circumpolar territories in Russia
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Russia: energy sector outlook
- 3.3 Government regulation framework
- 3.4 Energy and innovations
- 3.5 Energy and sustainable development
- 3.6 Sustainability through innovation
- 3.7 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Analysis of factors influencing smart and sustainable manufacturing systems using a multi-criteria decision making tool
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Literature review
- 4.3 Case study
- 4.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. Catching up with sustainable development in emerging markets through financial innovation
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Literature review and theoretical framework
- 5.3 Methods and analysis
- 5.4 Sustainable financing for sustainable developing
- 5.5 Capital markets union: an ambitious project for the development of emerging markets in central and eastern Europe
- 5.6 Conclusion, policy implications, and limitations
- References
- Chapter 6. Corporate social responsibility, business ethics, sustainability, and innovation: a theoretical analysis of the importance of these concepts in times of pandemic
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Corporate social responsibility, business ethics, sustainability, and innovation: conceptualization and correlation
- 6.3 Corporate social responsibility, business ethics, sustainability, and innovation: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- 6.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Sustainability: leadership and reporting as its pillars
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The ecological concern and the call for green management
- 7.3 Building credible commitments: addressing and managing the environmental trust gap
- 7.4 The concept of corporate social responsibility as a means to operationalize organizational environmental management and imprint sustainable business value chains
- 7.5 Toward integrated thinking: leadership and reporting as the pillars of sustainable organizations
- 7.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Comparison of the SLM, SLS, and DLMS techniques in additive manufacture of AlSi10Mg alloys
- Abstract
- 8.1 History of additive manufacturing and its development
- 8.2 Materials used in the additive manufacturing method
- 8.3 Classification of additive manufacturing technologies
- 8.4 Concluding remarks
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 276
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 29, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128195130
- eBook ISBN: 9780128195611
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Carolina Machado
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