OPR351 Sustainable Manufacturing Syllabus:

OPR351 Sustainable Manufacturing Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To be acquainted with sustainability in manufacturing and its evaluation.
 To provide knowledge in environment and social sustainability.
 To provide the student with the knowledge of strategy to achieve sustainability.
 To familiarize with trends in sustainable operations.
 To create awareness in current sustainable practices in manufacturing industry.

UNIT I ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

Industrial Revolution-Economic sustainability: globalization and international issues Sustainability status – Emerging issues- Innovative products- Reconfiguration manufacturing enterprises – Competitive manufacturing strategies – Performance evaluation- Management for sustainability – Assessments of economic sustainability

UNIT II SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Social sustainability – Introduction-Work management -Human rights – Societal commitment – Customers -Business practices -Modelling and assessing social sustainability. Environmental issues pertaining to the manufacturing sector: Pollution – Use of resources -Pressure to reduce costs – Environmental management: Processes that minimize negative environmental impacts – environmental legislation and energy costs – need to reduce the carbon footprint of manufacturing Operations-Modelling and assessing environmental sustainability

UNIT III SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES

Sustainability awareness – Measuring Industry Awareness-Drivers and barriers -Availability of sustainability indicators -Analysis of sustainability practicing -Modeling and assessment of sustainable practicing -Sustainability awareness -Sustainability drivers and barriers – Availability of sustainability indicators- Designing questionnaires- Optimizing Sustainability Indexes-Elements – Cost and time model.

UNIT IV MANUFACTURING STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Concepts of competitive strategy and manufacturing strategies and development of a strategic improvement programme – Manufacturing strategy in business success strategy formation and formulation – Structured strategy formulation – Sustainable manufacturing system design options – Approaches to strategy formulation – Realization of new strategies/system designs.

UNIT V TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS

Principles of sustainable operations – Life cycle assessment manufacturing and service activities – influence of product design on operations – Process analysis – Capacity management – Quality management -Inventory management – Just-In-Time systems – Resource efficient design – Consumerism and sustainable well-being.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
CO1: Discuss the importance of economic sustainability.
CO2: Describe the importance of sustainable practices.
CO3: Identify drivers and barriers for the given conditions.
CO4: Formulate strategy in sustainable manufacturing.
CO5: Plan for sustainable operation of industry with environmental, cost consciousness.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Ibrahim Garbie, “Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0”, Springer International Publishing., United States, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-3319293042.
2. Davim J.P., “Sustainable Manufacturing”, John Wiley & Sons., United States, 2010,ISBN: 978-1-848-21212-1.

REFERENCES:

1. Jovane F, Ęmper, W.E. and Williams, D.J., “The ManuFuture Road: Towards Competitive and Sustainable High-Adding-Value Manufacturing”, Springer,2009, United States, ISBN 978-3-540-77011-4.
2. Kutz M., “Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design”, John Wiley & Sons., United States, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-471-72636-4.
3. Seliger G., “Sustainable Manufacturing: Shaping Global Value Creation”, Springer, United States, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-27289-9.