This paper aims to provide an extensive analysis of the indicators that have been used for measuring industrial sustainability. To achieve this objective, a systematic review was carried out to explore the indicators in peer-reviewed articles relevant to industrial sustainability performance measurement. A total of 1041 indicators were identified and analyzed, with 290 for economic, 410 for environmental, and 341 for social dimensions. The majority were mentioned only once in the reviewed literature, showing a lack of consistency in their application (i.e., a lack of consensus regarding a single set of indicators) for measuring sustainability performance in different manufacturing industry contexts. Few of the indicators had been frequently used to measure industrial sustainability performance. These indicators had been used to measure industrial sustainability performance associated with financial benefits, costs, market competitiveness, resources, emissions, wastes, employees, customers, and community. This paper links the different indicators to the potential organizational goals used to improve industrial sustainability performance and contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals. It provides a comprehensive view of the indicators considering the triple bottom line approach. Our results have significant implications and will provide a strong basis for future academic and practitioner work on measuring industrial sustainability performance.
This paper focuses on the risk assessments of the COVID-19 isolation tents, whether they follow the standard safety protocols and guidelines set by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and the Department of Health of the Philippines (D.O.H.) to cater severe COVID-19 cases in the most hit areas. Through conducting a survey and review of related literatures and studies, the researchers found out that in terms of application of: 1-hygiene, 2-personal protective equipment, 3-visitor guidelines, 4-decontamination, disinfection and sterilization, and 5-isolation tent precautions, standard safety protocols in the isolation tents are poorly practiced and will highly need an innovation. With this, the researchers did a risk assessment with the help of Ishikawa Diagram, to lay down all the underlying problems in tent that makes it inefficient and ineffective. Aside from that, the researchers adopted the service quality manufacturing-based approach, whereas in following this approach, it means that conformance to the design or specifications are important, and that noncompliance means error. Finally, the researchers led to the solution of improving the isolation tents through its design, to make it more efficient and cost-effective.
This paper puts forward the concept of optimizing the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) control chart for effective monitoring of the increasing shifts in defective rate in food packaging. Optimizing the EWMA charts mainly aims at enhancing the product quality and the customers’ contentment, along with reducing both production costs and waste. The Average Number of Defectives (AND) is used as an overall performance metric for guaranteeing the highest detection power of the optimal EWMA chart with respect to various sizes of shifts. Records of the packaging defects were collected from a food company in order to illustrate the implementation of the proposed optimal EWMA chart. The optimal EWMA chart is compared with the optimal NP chart and the results of this comparative study reveal that the former exceeds the latter by 69% in terms of AND.
Sustainable mobility means a series of services and means of transport designed to reduce traffic, improve air quality and cut energy consumption; it is essential to integrate the various transport systems and encourage the spread of electric vehicles. The European Commission proposes new targets for average CO2 emissions to accelerate the transition to low-emission vehicles. The goal is to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030, in line with the Paris agreements. It is not only a question of replacing private means of transport, but also of encouraging the development of new business models and more efficient use of public and freight transport. The present paper works on six main points: • New standards that help manufacturers to innovate and offer low-emission vehicles on the market • Solutions for sustainable mobility in public systems • Investments for the diffusion of infrastructures for alternative fuels • Revision of the combined transport directive which promotes the use of different means for freight transport • Development of long distance bus connections across Europe • Development of better and better batteries The diffusion of micro-mobility systems requires a general change of context. The city must keep up with technology and become smart, the regulations and all sharing phenomena must be adequate. In 2020, 80 billion objects connected to the world through 1200 satellites are estimated: urban mobility will be greatly influenced and will become a connecting element between the environment and those who live in it. The micro-mobility market in Europe could reach 150 billion dollars by 2030. As the possibilities for use increase, the number of startups for mobility sharing also increases. It is estimated that at the end of 2018 there were 5.2 million subscribers to at least one of the sharing services active in the area, one million more than the previous year. In particular, this project aims to propose an innovative, sustainable and ecological means of transport suitable for everyone and which can be a valid alternative for getting around the city.
