| Abstract: |
Sustainable manufacturing (SM) has become an emerging
environmental, economic, societal, and technological challenge to the
industry, the academia, and the government entities. Numerous research
and development (R&D) efforts have been launched; and many global
efforts have been initiated toward a long-term sustainable world. The
United States (US) Government also is an active participant in this
globally urgent endeavor. This paper presents an overview of R&D
efforts in the measurement of manufacturing sustainability, with its
emphasis on sustainability indicators and metrics that apply to various
machining processes for discrete part manufacturing. This paper first
focuses on the taxonomy of indicators that have been identified, defined
and proposed for sustainability measurement in general. Under the
taxonomy, this paper aims to identify and classify existing SM metrics
developed for unit manufacturing process within the material removal
domain of machining. While some metrics are intended for a specific unit
machining process, many others are geared toward a more generic
application. This paper concludes with discussion of further R&D
efforts needed for sustainable manufacturing in the discrete
manufacturing industry. |
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