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Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises

Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Ibrahim Garbie

    1. Helwan University, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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  • Offers a detailed examination of a rarely discussed topic
  • Provides a new framework for sustainable manufacturing requirements
  • Presents conditions necessary for the conversion of existing traditional plants to ones with more sustainable processes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Future Trends in Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. Sustainability in Service Sector: Oil and Gas Industry

      • Ibrahim Garbie
      Pages 217-236

    3. Sustainability Assessment for Industrial Estates

      • Ibrahim Garbie
      Pages 237-242

    4. Education for Sustainability

      • Ibrahim Garbie
      Pages 243-248
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About this book

This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field. It also reviews the quantitative and qualitative tools available for analytic assessment. It presents a new framework for sustainable manufacturing requirements and discusses the implementation of sustainable manufacturing in terms of practices, indicators, and sustainability level assessments. The book also details the important conditions necessary for the conversion of existing traditional plants to ones with more sustainable processes. Chapters explore topics including the assessment of economic sustainability, social sustainability, environmental sustainability, sustainable manufacturing practices, and sustainability optimization. Serving as a reference for engineers, managers, and practitioners involved in manufacturing, this book will also be a valuable resource to students and researchers of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, and operations management.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Helwan University, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    Ibrahim Garbie

About the author

Dr. Ibrahim Garbie is currently an Associate Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Sultanate of Oman, and Mechanical Engineering Department at Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Garbie received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering Department from University of Houston, Texas, USA in 2003, M.Sc. in Manufacturing Processes (1996) and B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Production) (1991) from Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. He has worked as a visiting professor in many Universities. Also, He participated in several national/international educational development programs, consultant and research funded projects. His main area of research during the past 24 years has focused on Manufacturing Processes and Economics, Manufacturing Systems Design, Complexity Analysis, Lean/Leanness in Production Systems, Agile/Agility Systems in Manufacturing systems, Reconfiguration and Sustainability of Manufacturing Enterprises. He has more than 55papers in refereed international journals, conferences, technical reports and book chapters. He is a Senior Member of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

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