Advancements in Unit Process Life Cycle Inventories (UPLCI) Tools

Overcash, Michael; Griffing, Evan; Vozzola, Eric; Twomey, Janet M.; Flanagan, William P.; Isaacs, Jacqueline A.

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.138

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“…Several reusable unit process life cycle inventory models have been developed over the past decades that enable mapping process parameters to inventory flows. According to Overcash et al [42], 31 such models have been developed for various manufacturing processes. Regardless of the chosen approach, the end result of any chosen method is a mathematical quantification of dependencies between the process parameters and environment.…”

Section: Relate Inventory Flows and Process Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Bottom-Up Methodology for Identifying Key Performance Indicators for Sustainability Monitoring of Unit Manufacturing Processes

Glišić,

Veluri,

Ramanujan

2024

Sustainability

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With growing environmental concerns and regulatory requirements, manufacturers are increasingly required to monitor and reduce the environmental impacts of their production processes. Despite increasing digitalization and data-collection capabilities, manufacturers are challenged in collecting the right data and framing process improvement targets. To address this challenge, this paper presents a bottom-up methodology based on the life cycle assessment for identifying performance indicators with the goal of monitoring and reducing the overall environmental impacts of a manufacturing process. More specifically, process performance indicators are defined as a set of controllable process parameters, and their suitability for sustainability monitoring is evaluated based on their sensitivity, measurability, actionability, reliability, timeliness, and human-centricity with respect to a chosen environmental impact category. The bottom-up formulation of process performance indicators is demonstrated through a real-world case study on an infeed centerless grinding process in a large manufacturing company. Results from the case study show that the process performance indicators with regards to climate change impacts included (i) reduction in grinding time, (ii) reduction in total grinding power, (iii) reduction in sparkout time, and (iv) increase in batch size.

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Section: Relate Inventory Flows and Process Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Bottom-Up Methodology for Identifying Key Performance Indicators for Sustainability Monitoring of Unit Manufacturing Processes

Glišić,

Veluri,

Ramanujan

2024

Sustainability

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“…Representative efforts include the CO2PE! Initiative [94], UPLCI [174], ASTM E3012-16 [175], and Reusable Abstractions of Manufacturing Processes by NIST [176]. These efforts adopt an information modeling approach (most are based on XML) [177] and organize data sets and models according to manufacturing process taxonomies.…”

Section: Green Manufacturing Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial Sustainability: Reviewing the Past and Envisioning the Future

Sutherland

Skerlos

Haapala

et al. 2020

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

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Society's consumption of natural resources and the impact of industrial activities on the environment has gained increasing attention over the last several decades. This paper provides a historical perspective on the origins of the environmental movement and its connection to industrial systems. Then, recent research related to product design, process improvement and change, green manufacturing planning, and the circular economy are described. With respect to product design, topics such as material selection and component light-weighting are considered. For process-related research, efforts such as operation changes and equipment design for reduced energy consumption are discussed. For manufacturing planning, new developments in process planning and production scheduling are highlighted that consider environmental performance. The concept of circular economy is examined critically, with particular emphasis placed on closing materials loops via recycling and remanufacturing. The paper concludes with a discussion of challenges and opportunities to achieve the goal of industrial sustainability.

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Perspective on advanced manufacturing and progress on improvement in societal well‐being

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2019

J Adv Manuf & Process

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Advancements in Unit Process Life Cycle Inventories (UPLCI) Tools

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

A Bottom-Up Methodology for Identifying Key Performance Indicators for Sustainability Monitoring of Unit Manufacturing Processes

A Bottom-Up Methodology for Identifying Key Performance Indicators for Sustainability Monitoring of Unit Manufacturing Processes

Industrial Sustainability: Reviewing the Past and Envisioning the Future

Perspective on advanced manufacturing and progress on improvement in societal well‐being

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