Design and engineering of sustainable process systems and supply chains by the P‐graph framework

The design of sustainable manufacturing processes and supply chains is rapidly becoming a critical issue. The reason is the necessity of providing for the needs of a growing human population which is increasingly prosperous across the globe. To this purpose, this review article explores the most imp...

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Published in:Environmental progress 2018-03, Vol.37 (2), p.624-636
Main Authors: Cabezas, H., Argoti, A., Friedler, F., Mizsey, P., Pimentel, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design
Design engineering
Human populations
Manufacturing industry
Supply chains
Sustainability
Sustainability science
Sustainable production
systems engineering
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Summary:The design of sustainable manufacturing processes and supply chains is rapidly becoming a critical issue. The reason is the necessity of providing for the needs of a growing human population which is increasingly prosperous across the globe. To this purpose, this review article explores the most important elements of sustainability science and couples them with the P‐graph framework, thereby rendering it possible to design feasible process and supply structures with great ease. Structure is an often‐overlooked aspect of process and supply chain design, in part because even relative simple processes or supply chains can have an enormous number of feasible structures. We further illustrate the application of these ideas with examples of energy generation processes and supply chains. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 37: 624–636, 2018
ISSN:1944-7442
1944-7450
DOI:10.1002/ep.12887