Sustainable green product design and manufacturing / assembly systems engineering principles and rules with examples

摘要

Sustainable product and process engineering, green, lean design, manufacturing / assembly system and factory design / management rules and principles are offered with a focus on ‘monozukuri’. The Japanese phrase, ‘monozukuri’ means sustainable, environmentally friendly, green factories and products with simultaneously integrated product and process designs. Based on the author''s extensive research and study of products, processes and factories in the USA, Japan, Europe and China, eighteen ‘monozukuri-focused’ green product, process, factory design & management principles are explained. The rule-based approach introduced in this article, when integrated into an intelligent Sustainable Enterprise Engineering (iSEE:Green) design, will reduce waste at all levels, and create new eco-friendly (a.k.a. Earth-friendly), sustainable opportunities for satisfying rapidly changing market needs.