By
BITS Pilani Abhijeet K. Digalwar
Pilani Campus
Department of Mech. Engg.
Lecture # 1
Introduction to Sustainable Manufacturing
– Fundamentals of sustainability
– Sustainable value creation
– Sustainable Manufacturing-definitions and
practices
– Progress from Lean to Green to Sustainable
Manufacturing
– Transformation of 3R to 6R concepts
– Innovation needs at product, process and system
levels
Sustainable manufacturing has both benefits and costs, but it can help make your
company more competitive. Let’s discuss sustainability in manufacturing in more
detail.
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
What is Sustainability?
• These ideas can be confusing, and it may be difficult to tell how they apply to
your business.
• Here we will learn how to distinguish among several common concepts.
The attention has shifted to cleaner production and pollution prevention. With cleaner production,
there are many opportunities for cost savings and other financial benefits for companies. 1
• Industrial Ecology
“the study of the physical, chemical, and
biological interactions and
interrelationships both within and
between industrial and ecological
systems”
• It is based on systems thinking –
industry is an interdependent part of
the overall ecosystem.
• It studies the material and energy flows
through the system to find inefficiency
and waste.
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