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Sustainability in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 3803

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Salah Haridy

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Cooleg of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah PO Box 27272, United Arab Emirates
Interests: quality control and inspection; reliability analysis; data analytics; maintenance; applied statistics; Six Sigma; sustainability; production management; design of experiments; lean manufacturing; statistical process control; anomaly and fault detection approaches
Dr. Ridvan Aydin

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Interests: sustainable product development; closed-loop supply chain management; remanufacturing; sustainable solid waste management
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Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Cooleg of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah PO Box 27272, United Arab Emirates
Interests: statistical quality control; quality in maintenance; design of experiments; Lean Six Sigma; multicriteria decision-making; applied statistics; sustainability; environmental monitoring

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, sustainability has become an essential part of managing industrial organizations and service sectors. Sustainability is fast becoming a necessity rather than a trend to achieve the optimal use of resources, energy, and water that helps mitigate environmental impact, reduce total lifecycle cost, generate profits, and promote social responsibility. Growing global awareness of the importance of green solutions and stricter enforcement of environmental regulations have driven companies to integrate sustainability in various industrial engineering activities and engineering management practices. The employment of sustainability in industrial engineering and engineering management can successfully increase operational efficiency and reduce waste, reach new customers and increase competitive advantage, strengthen reputation and build public trust, build long-term viability and success, and respond to regulatory constraints.

The main objective of sustainability is to meet the needs of the present without compromising the prospects of future generations. In line with this, the aim of this Special Issue is to promote sustainability in industrial engineering and engineering management so that researchers and practitioners in these fields can address its implementation from an economic, environmental, and societal point of view.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:  

  • Sustainable manufacturing systems and production management;
  • Sustainable supply chain management and reverse logistics;
  • Sustainable quality engineering and industrial monitoring;
  • Sustainable product development;
  • Sustainable development policies and regulations;
  • Sustainable waste management;
  • Sustainable project and construction management;
  • Sustainable asset and maintenance management;
  • Sustainable and renewable energy management;
  • Sustainable operations management;
  • Sustainable Lean Six Sigma;
  • Sustainable safety.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Salah Haridy
Dr. Ridvan Aydin
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • sustainable supply chain
  • sustainable product development
  • sustainable Lean Six Sigma
  • sustainable quality engineering
  • sustainable project management
  • sustainable safety
  • sustainable waste management
  • sustainable and renewable energy management

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A System Dynamic Model for Polyethylene Terephthalate Supply Chain in the United Arab Emirates—Status, Projections, and Environmental Impacts
by Sameh Al-Shihabi and Mahmoud Barghash
Sustainability 2023, 15(17), 13119; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713119 - 31 Aug 2023
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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles are widely used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); however, their production and disposal adversely affect the environment. In collaboration with the private sector, the UAE government has taken serious steps to reduce these impacts, including (i) encouraging [...] Read more.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles are widely used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); however, their production and disposal adversely affect the environment. In collaboration with the private sector, the UAE government has taken serious steps to reduce these impacts, including (i) encouraging people to stop using PET water bottles and to separate their waste, (ii) establishing material recovery facilities, (iii) constructing facilities for incineration with energy recovery, and (iv) creating business opportunities to downcycle and recycle PET water bottles. This paper models the PET supply chain (PSC) using system dynamics (SD) to simulate the current PSC in the UAE and to project its possible evolution from 2023 to 2050, taking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into consideration. For decision-makers, the SD model shows that PET reductions must equal population growth to maintain GHG emissions associated with the PSC for the coming years. In addition, the separation efficiency must exceed 33% of PET consumption to meet the current demand for used PET. Moreover, if PET consumption decreases by more than 1.5%, then businesses relying on used PET will face a supply shortage in the year 2050. As for environmental impacts, it is found that if downcycling and recycling capabilities are fully utilized, GHG emissions will decrease by 35%. Furthermore, if demand for recycled PET reaches 10,000 tons, this reduction will exceed 47%, reaching 177,861MtCO2e. Full article
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Data-Driven Transformation: The Role of Ambidexterity and Analytics Capability in Building Dynamic and Sustainable Supply Chains
by Muhammad Adeel Munir, Amjad Hussain, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Salman Habib and Muhammad Faisal Shahzad
Sustainability 2023, 15(14), 10896; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151410896 - 11 Jul 2023
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Data-driven supply chain analytics skills are seen as the next frontier of the supply chain transformation. The potential of data analytics-enabled dynamic capability for improving organizational performance and agility has been investigated in past research. However, there has not been sufficient research on [...] Read more.
Data-driven supply chain analytics skills are seen as the next frontier of the supply chain transformation. The potential of data analytics-enabled dynamic capability for improving organizational performance and agility has been investigated in past research. However, there has not been sufficient research on the potential benefits of the data analytics capability and supply chain ambidexterity paradox to develop a sustainable and agile supply chain that can integrate and reorganize all of its resources in order to respond to rapidly changing business circumstances. This study aimed to empirically validate how an organization’s SC ambidexterity affects its sustainability and dynamic capability, and the mediating role of supply chain analytics capability (SCAC) in their relationship. The research’s theoretical framework is founded on dynamic capability theory. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect responses from 427 supply chain specialists who worked in diverse product-based industries across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), a total of six hypotheses were evaluated, and the results show that supply chain ambidexterity has a positive effect on dynamic capability and sustainability, and SCAC plays a complementary, partially mediating role in their interaction. The findings of the research reveal the expected results of investing in the analytics capability of the supply chain and provide firms with some recommendations for improving their dynamic capabilities. This study will facilitate in creating an agile and sustainable supply chain, enabling it to adapt to both short- and long-term changes in the market while simultaneously considering the social, economic, and environmental vitality. Full article
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