The course aims to provide students of the Master of Science in Management Engineering the conceptual basis and the methodological approaches related to Sustainable Manufacturing, from the guidelines to the tools for the performance analysis of a manufacturing system. This knowledge, together with the classical tools for the evaluation of efficiency, effectiveness and economy of a production system, will be necessary for the implementation of decision-making strategies in sustainable production. The teaching of such tools is completed by some examples of application in real industrial cases.

The expected learning outcomes in terms of knowledge and skills can be resumed as it follows:
- Knowledge: to evaluate, in view of sustainable production, the performance of a factory through the analysis of processes and consumed resources;
- Skills: to select sustainability indicators and criteria for analysis, to associate them with models and analytical methods, and to estimate the level of performance of a company or of a production system.

Good knowledge of the topics covered in courses dedicated to manufacturing and production systems.

In the following, the list of the main topics is presented:

- Introduction to the fundamental concepts of Sustainable Manufacturing
with respect to the national and international manufacturing scenario;
- Assessment of the environmental, economic and social issues of Sustainable Manufacturing;
- Indicators for the analysis of sustainable production processes;
- Approaches and methodologies for the evaluation of production systems;
- Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Inventory;
- Technologies for green manufacturing;
- Analysis and evaluation of industrial application cases.

The methods and the procedures will be applied for practical analysis of real production systems.

[1] Set of presentations for each topic will be available for the students on the Teaching Portal (www.polito.it).

[2] Recommended book;
David A. Dornfeld, Editor. Green Manufacturing - Fundamentals and Applications.
Springer (2013). ISBN 978-1-4419-6015-3 (Printed), ISBN 978-1-4419-6016-0 (EBook)

[3] Additional material (i.e. papers from the international literature) will be suggested during the lectures.

The exam consists of a written test containing theoretical questions, and exercises on the application of models and procedures discussed during the lectures. The exam usually lasts from two hours to two hours and thirty minutes. The student may withdraw within the first hour, and the use of books and/or other material is avoided.
The teacher will discuss the results of the written exam individually with each student who requests for it.