The Eco Lean Method – A Combined Approach for Low Cost Economic and Ecologic Optimization in the Manufacturing Industry

Miehe, Robert; Bogdanov, Ivan; Schneider, R.; Hirsch, Marius; Bauernhansl, Thomas; Pawlik, Elzbieta; Horbal, Remigiusz

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.11.106

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“…[12] developing a methodology that can be applied by small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially SMEs in the manufacturing sector, the results of research provide suggestions for the right lean tools for SMEs in maximizing profits. [13]presents a customized approach to low cost economic and ecological optimization of manufacturing processes, by identifying the relationship between ecological characteristics and Lean principles to develop an Eco Lean mindset.…”

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Profit comparison analysis in production system simulation based on lean principles to achieve sustainable manufacturing

Mangngenre,

Indah,

Syamsul

et al. 2023

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Companies can achieve effective and efficient process if they make continuous improvements to achieve sustainability. In general, companies are aware of waste in the production process, but do not carry out measurements and analyzes related to this waste, including unit cost and profit analysis. A production system is needed that is able to minimize the unit costs and maximize profits in the company, one of the concepts used is the lean concept. This study aims to analyze the cost unit and profit generated in production systems that apply lean principles. Production system simulation is carried out using the concepts of Heijunka, Jidouka, and Kanban System. These three concepts are applied to a production system simulation that uses miniature cars with unit cost and profit comparison outputs with traditional production systems, pull systems, heijunka, jidouka, and Kanban systems. The results show that the unit cost of simulations 1 to 6 is getting lower, while the profit is increasing. In simulations 1 and 2 no profit was obtained because of implementing the traditional system while in simulations 3 to 6 there was an increase in profit because they had applied lean principles to the production system. Simulations that have implemented the lean concept have low unit costs and increasing profits, but what distinguishes the work methods applied. Production systems that apply the lean concept can help a company achieve sustainability in the economic field.

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Profit comparison analysis in production system simulation based on lean principles to achieve sustainable manufacturing

Mangngenre,

Indah,

Syamsul

et al. 2023

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Sustainable production and the role of digital twins–Basic reflections and perspectives

Miehe

Waltersmann

Sauer

et al. 2021

J Adv Manuf & Process

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Sustainable production is essential for the future of the global economy. Despite the publication of its baseline vision over 30 years ago and the resulting diversity of interpretations and subdisciplines in engineering and social sciences, the progress of the approach in industrial practice remains marginal. This is mainly due to the fact that the discipline has not yet succeeded to realize the magnitude of the rethinking necessary of its very own perception as a whole. Existing definitions of sustainable production presented to date are thus only partly consistently derived from the baseline concept. Meanwhile, digitalization provides an increasing number of technologies that offer a new perspective on sustainable production. This especially applies to the concept of digital twins. Recent studies, thus, address their role in the context of sustainable production by analyzing its contribution to existing sustainability related methods as well as technical challenges on a microeconomic level (bottom‐up approach). Although these approaches provide concrete requirements for technical deployment, it is highly questionable how they will contribute to sustainable production as a whole. In this paper, we choose a top‐down approach to discuss the role of digital twins in the context of sustainable production. Based on fundamental reflections on the baseline concept of sustainability, we advocate a reorientation of production within the framework of planetary boundaries. Thereupon, we discuss the role of digital twins and digital threads and provide a number of requirements that future R&D needs to address for a future sustainability‐oriented data‐driven monitoring and regulation of production.

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Principles and Design Strategies for Ultra‐efficient Production Systems in the Process Industry

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Kiemel

et al. 2021

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

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A sustainable design of production systems, both within and beyond company boundaries, is essential for the future viability of the process industry. In this context, the concept of ultra‐efficiency has recently been developed, aiming at achieving holistic improvements in the fields of action energy and material efficiency, emission reduction, organization, human and staff, with the goal of establishing a positive impact factory. In this paper, the concept developed mainly for the discrete manufacturing industry is transferred to the process industry. It is put into the scientific sub context and elementary approaches, methods and strategies for factory planning and design of production processes in the process industry are summarized.

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The Eco Lean Method – A Combined Approach for Low Cost Economic and Ecologic Optimization in the Manufacturing Industry

Cited by 13 publications

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Profit comparison analysis in production system simulation based on lean principles to achieve sustainable manufacturing

Profit comparison analysis in production system simulation based on lean principles to achieve sustainable manufacturing

Sustainable production and the role of digital twins–Basic reflections and perspectives

Principles and Design Strategies for Ultra‐efficient Production Systems in the Process Industry

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