Title :
An investigation of indicators for measuring sustainable manufacturing
Author :
Fan, Chengcheng ; Carrell, John D. ; Zhang, Hong-Chao
Author_Institution :
Ind. Eng. Dept., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an investigation of sustainable manufacturing indicators in both industry and academia. While the concept of Sustainable Manufacturing has been brought up for a long time, little consensus has been researched so far with respect to how to define or measure it, especially in Economic and Social dimensions. This research tries to investigate current application status of sustainable indicators within U.S. manufacturing companies, and explore various views from academia in regards to weighting Economic / Social indicators through Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The paper concludes with a summary of statistical results as well as recommendations for its further development and practical application.
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; socio-economic effects; sustainable development; US manufacturing companies; analytic hierarchy process; economic dimensions; social dimensions; sustainable indicators; sustainable manufacturing indicators; Companies; Current measurement; Economic indicators; Environmental economics; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Pollution measurement; Power generation economics; Production; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); indicator; survey; sustainable manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7094-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507764