Qualitative-Environmental Aspects to Improve Materials and Processes of Their Formation

Dear Colleagues,

Materials are an area of research for many fields. The realized researches are aimed at developing innovative materials, which will also be also appropriate in the specifics of their use. For this reason, newer production technologies of these materials are being developed. The specific of these new processes is that they need control and making the right actions for its stabilization. It mainly refers to the qualitative aspects of the received materials, and also the processes of its occurrence. However, in the age of climate change, these actions should be aimed not only to achieve expected quality, but also on environmental protection. For this purpose, it is necessary to look for such solutions which will be according to the rules of continuous improvement and the philosophy of sustainable development. Although, dynamical market changes and turbulent area causes that simultaneously include qualitative-environmental aspects are difficult. Therefore, it is crucial to make decisions that will ensure the development and improvement of materials and processes in an environmentally safe manner and at the same time meet the expectations of the market. This is an open issue to which this special issue is devoted. Therefore, studies including qualitative-environmental aspects to improve materials and processes of their formation will be appreciated. We encourage sending studies containing original proposals of using, among others: methods and tools of quality management, multi-criteria methods of decision support (MCDA), fuzzy multi-criteria decision methods (FMCDA), instruments of lean manufacturing (LM) and environmental management instruments. Work involving other techniques and approaches to help solve the problem presented will also be welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Andrzej Pacana
Dr. Dominika Siwiec
Guest Editors

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