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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

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Prof. Dr. Tzu-An Chiang

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Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University of Business, Taipei 100, Taiwan
Interests: new product development and management; supply chain management; data mining and applications of machine learning

Prof. Dr. Zhen-Hua Che

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Interests: production/operations management; supply chain management; information management; applications of meta-algorithms

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Dear Colleagues,

During the most recent decade, facing the rapid degradation of environmental pollution and climate change, many nations have devoted themselves to boosting the environmental sustainability of production and service systems in their supply chains to establish a sustainable ecological environment. Because the governments are aware of the urgency of sustainable environment development, more and more rigorous environmental protection regulations are being created, such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) Directive, the Paris Agreement, and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. In order to respond to these requirements, companies must establish low-carbon and environmentally friendly production and service systems, and should consider the whole product/service life cycle, from product and service design to component manufacturing, finished product assembly and delivery, maintenance and recycling and reuse, to review the potential improvement opportunities. To overcome the critical challenges, academics and industrial professionals need to seek effective methods to reduce the environmental impacts of production and service systems.

Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate concrete analytical approaches and solutions to assist companies in finding the hot spots for the improvement of production and service systems, to formulate improvement alternatives and to create optimal decision-making models to achieve the ultimate goal of creating sustainable production and service systems.

Research topics of interest for the Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

Planning and management of sustainable production and service systems;
Carbon emission estimation;
Sustainable product development management;
Low-carbon manufacturing;
Life-cycle inventory;
Sustainable recycling;
Social sustainability;
Economic sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Tzu-An Chiang
Prof. Dr. Zhen-Hua Che
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Keywords

sustainable production and service systems
supply chain
environmental sustainability
product/service life cycle
low-carbon manufacturing
environmental impact

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Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Products: A State-of-the-Art Review and Analysis

by Hamed Gholami, Jocelyn Ke Yin Lee and Ahad Ali

Sustainability 2023, 15(17), 12758; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712758 - 23 Aug 2023

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Big data analytics, described as the fourth paradigm of science breaking through Industry 4.0 technological development, continues to expand globally as organizations strive to attain the utmost value and sustainable competitive edge. Yet, concerning its contribution to developing sustainable products, there is a need for innovative research due to limited knowledge and uncertainty. This research is hence aimed at addressing (a) how research on big data analytics for sustainable products has evolved in recent years, and (b) how and in what terms it can contribute to developing sustainable products. To do so, this study includes a bibliometric review performed to shed light on the phenomenon gaining prominence. Next, the fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution, along with a survey, is used to analyze the matter in terms of the respective indicator set. The review’s findings revealed that there has been growing global research interest in the topic in the literature since its inception, and by advancing knowledge in the area, progress toward sustainable development goals 7, 8, 9, 12, and 17 can be made. The fuzzy-based analytical findings demonstrated that ‘product end-of-life management efficiency’ has the highest contributory coefficient of 0.787, followed by ‘product quality and durability’ and ‘functional performance’, with coefficients of 0.579 and 0.523, respectively. Such research, which is crucial for sustainable development, offers valuable insights to stakeholders seeking a deeper understanding of big data analytics and its contribution to developing sustainable products. Full article

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A K-Means Clustering and the Prim’s Minimum Spanning Tree-Based Optimal Picking-List Consolidation and Assignment Methodology for Achieving the Sustainable Warehouse Operations

by Tzu-An Chiang, Zhen-Hua Che and Chao-Wei Hung

Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3544; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043544 - 15 Feb 2023

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Rapid industrialization has caused the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to increase rapidly, leading to drastic global climate changes and ecological degradation. To establish a sustainable supply chain for consumer electronic products, this study focuses on warehouse operations and develops a K-means clustering and Prim’s minimum spanning tree-based optimal picking-list consolidation and assignment methodology. Compact camera modules are used to demonstrate and verify the effectiveness of this methodology. This methodology can be divided into two parts. First, the K-means clustering method is applied to conduct a picking-list consolidation analysis to create an optimal picking-list consolidation strategy for sustainable warehouse operations. Second, the most similar picking lists in each cluster are connected using Prim’s minimum spanning tree algorithm to generate the connected graph with the minimum spanning tree so as to establish a picking-list assignment strategy for sustainable warehouse operations. In this case study, this to-be model substantially reduced the traveling distance of the electric order-picking trucks within a warehouse and increased the picking efficiency to diminish the carbon emissions toward a sustainable supply chain. Full article

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Greening and Celebrification: The New Dimension of Celebrities through Green Production Advocacy

by Manel Jiménez-Morales and Marta Lopera-Mármol

Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16843; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416843 - 15 Dec 2022

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Screen culture and conglomerates are starting to echo the green shooting phenomena; roles such as sustainability director, eco-manager, eco-consultant, and eco-assistant are taking a more prominent space in the entertainment and cultural industry to achieve the goal of creating sustainable productions. In this current context, there seems to be a need for an agent to catch the attention of the audience to make a claim about green policies and contribute to a green literacy fabric. This opinion article recognizes that there are two types of voices, internal (scholars and practitioners) and external (celebrities and audiences), that have arisen in the audiovisual industry from different perspectives. Hence, through a theoretical approach, it tackles the particularities, typologies, and the role celebrities play as hot spots to push both viewers and creators into better decision-making models. The results show two main typologies: celebrification, in which a person becomes famous due to their sustainable actions, provoking a metonymic effect, and recelebrification, when famous people or well-known figures redefine their status by acting sustainable, producing a synecdoche effect. In conclusion, it is difficult to define what goes before and what goes after: whether it is the celebrity who passes the attributes onto production or whether it is the production that, by its characteristics, passes its attributes onto the celebrity. Full article

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Role of Resource Circularity in Carbon Neutrality

by Shinsuke Murakami, Kotaro Shimizu, Chiharu Tokoro and Takashi Nakamura

Sustainability 2022, 14(24), 16408; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416408 - 8 Dec 2022

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With the help of circular strategies, products can be used longer (i.e., reuse, repair, and refurbish). Products that are difficult to use will be recycled efficiently. The present paper provides actionable guidelines for reducing environmental impact at all stages of a product’s life cycle, including the manufacture and assembly of the materials that make up the product, environmental impacts during use, and environmental impacts at final disposal, as well as specific actions and evaluation mechanisms. The circular economy is a concept that encompasses specific actions and their evaluations. To clarify the contribution of this circular economy to carbon neutrality, the present paper highlights how it is important to recognize the role of carbon as both an energy carrier and a material. CO₂ is a waste product from burning and powering carbon. CO₂ must be disposed of like any other waste product, but carbon itself is also an energy carrier. Thus, when promoting the carbon cycle, it is important to harmonize carbon’s function as a material with its role as an energy carrier. The further introduction of renewable energy and societal shift towards circular economy would contribute to carbon neutrality and more resource efficient use in a mutually complementary manner. Full article

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