Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) for Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 910
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) has contributed greatly to making our lives better by improving efficiency in complex systems. However, it is clear that rapid industrial development is not sustainable socially, environmentally, or economically. The system approach used in ISE has shown major impact in the design and analysis of complex systems to address challenges under the Industry 5.0 umbrella to advance the sustainable developments with focus on long-term human well-being.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect a representative resource of research that applies the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) methods to move toward the relevant targets of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals.
For example, the United Nation’s (UN) SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production is aimed at the design of systems in which the consumers reduce the consumption of products, reuse the products, and recycle the products after use. This SDG also aims toward the design of production or supply systems that reduce, reuse, and recycle the materials and energy in the circular economy. In the mono-culture, modern mass production often leads to a loss of tradition, racial and national identity, culture, ethical standards, and family solidarity. Responsible production also involves the employment and long-term well-being of the operators. These systems can also lead to inequality, unfairness, and poor operator health, both physically and mentally. The ISE tools can be used to address many challenges in the other UN SDGs.
The authors can focus on any of the UN SDGs that utilize system thinking and industrial engineering tools in experimental, computational, and theoretical research related to understanding and impact assessments of change regarding social and environmental sustainability in a sustainable economic environment.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Chen Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reuse
- recycle
- waste reduction
- circular economy
- life cycle assessment
- conservation
- efficiency
- fairness
- equity
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