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Combining Sustainable Value Stream Mapping And Simulation To Assess Manufacturing Supply Chain Network Performance, Daniel T. Sparks
Combining Sustainable Value Stream Mapping And Simulation To Assess Manufacturing Supply Chain Network Performance, Daniel T. Sparks
Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering
Sustainable Value Stream Mapping (Sus-VSM) builds upon traditional VSM to capture additional sustainability aspects of the product flow, such as environmental and societal aspects. This work presents research to expand the utility of Sus-VSM to supply chain networks, develop a general approach towards improving supply chain sustainability, and examine the benefits of implementing simulation and a design of experiments (DOE) style analysis. Metrics are identified to assess economic, environmental, and societal sustainability for supply chain networks and visual symbols are developed for the Supply Chain Sus-VSM (SC Sus-VSM) to allow users to easily identify locations where sustainability can be improved. …