Abstract: The need for an open, inclusive, and neutral procedure in selecting key performance indicators (KPIs) for sustainable manufacturing has been increasing. The reason is that manufacturers seek to determine what to measure ...

Abstract: The production stage of a product's life cycle can significantly contribute to its overall environmental impact. Estimates of environmental impact for a product are typically produced using life cycle assessment (LCA) ...

Abstract: Standalone throughput (SAT) of a single station is one of the most widely used performance indexes in industry due to its clear definition, ease of evaluation and the ability to provide a guidance for continuous improvement ...

Abstract: Recent efforts in smart manufacturing (SM) have proven quite effective at elucidating system behavior using sensing systems, communications, and computational platforms, along with statistical methods to collect and analyze ...