Course: Exploring Sustainable Production Systems

The United Nations (UN) has developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The purpose is sustainable transformation of societies across the globe. The framework …

After the time of the Domestic System and approximately from the 18th century onward, the new main system used for production instead became the Factory System. The Factory System is …

This is the first of two steps, giving an overview of specific production systems and processes of the past. In this first part we will look closer at production before …

A supply chain simply describes the flow of material and products through the different process steps. The process starts with raw material, eventually reaching an end customer or user, and …

The product realisation process is divided into different stages, starting with the planning part, and ending with production ramp-up. During the different stages, the product design and production system set …

There are many methods and strategies to obtain sustainability in developed solutions. The most important thing is to consider sustainability in mind and action throughout the process and in all …

You have gotten far in the course now. What are your feelings so far? Do you feel that it would be easy to design sustainable production system? If you feel …

As we stated earlier, a production system is a system that transforms input into output. There are many different ways of looking at systems that can help us understand more …

A production system transforms input to output. Meaning, it’s the systems that manufacture a product consisting of whatever components is needed to make it a reality. Let’s take a closer …

What is Design Thinking? Design Thinking is difficult to define. It can be an idea, a strategy, a method, and a way of seeing the world. We often described it …

Developing a new production system is complex. By using a well-designed framework, this process can be helped. Monica Bellgran and Kristina Säfsten, in their book Production Development, suggested a framework …

The production industry is responsible for a big part of the total energy consumption and pollution. It therefore plays a central role in the global sustainability challenge the world is …

Industry 4.0 can be seen as a collective term for the digitalisation of industry, where the boundaries between the physical and the digital have been blurred. The concept of Industry …

Between World War I and World War II, British coal mines were mechanised. The aim was to improve productivity and the work environment. However, the desired increase in productivity was …