Modelling and analysis of sustainable manufacturing system using a digraph-based approach

• Published in: International journal of sustainable engineering Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 397 - 411
• Main Authors: K. E. K., Vimal, S., Vinodh, Gurumurthy, Anand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 02.11.2018; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Computation; Economics; Graph theory; Heredity; Inheritances; Manufacturing; Modelling; overall organisation sustainability score; Resource efficiency; Sustainability; Sustainable development; sustainable manufacturing system; Sustainable practices; Sustainable production
• ISSN: 1939-7038; 1939-7046
• DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2017.1420108

Sustainable manufacturing practices have many benefits like cleaner production, resource efficiency along with economic benefits. Sustainable manufacturing practices focuses on four dimensions environment, economy, business and society. The effective deployment of sustainable concepts mostly depends on interaction of these sustainable dimensions. In this study, an attempt on assessment through modelling has been presented. Mostly two factors determine the sustainable performance of organisation: the performance of the criteria is identified under four dimensions (inheritance) and their interaction (interdependency) among each other. Thus, graph theory-based modelling has been done considering both inheritance and interdependency for computing Overall Organisation Sustainability (OOS) score. Finally, permanent scores for matrices obtained from experts' team have been computed. OOS score for the organisation has been computed and is compared with the scores of hypothetical scenarios. Through the comparison with hypothetically generated practical best and worst-case scenario, insights have been derived.