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Measuring Manufacturings Significance in the USA

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Katherine C. Morris, Douglas S. Thomas

Economic value added is a primary metric for measuring manufacturing activity; however, this metric and others exclude approximately half of the economic

Realizing Environmentally-Conscious Manufacturing in the Post-COVID-19 Era

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Nancy Diaz-Elsayed, Julius Schoop, Katherine C. Morris

The unique and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in significant disruptions to diverse manufacturing supply chains across the

A Decision Support Methodology for Integrated Machining Process and Operation Plans for Sustainability and Productivity Assessment

April 12, 2020

Author(s)

Qais Hatim, Christopher Saldana, Guodong Shao, Duckbong Kim, Katherine C. Morris, Paul W. Witherell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Soundar Kumara

In this paper, a systematic methodology is presented to enable environmental sustainability and productivity performance assessment for integrated process and

Defining Near-term to Long-term Research Opportunities to Advance Metrics, Models, and Methods for Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing

February 21, 2020

Author(s)

Arvind Shankar Raman, Karl Haapala, Kamyar Raoufi, Barbara S. Linke, William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris

Over the past century, research has focused on continuously improving the performance of manufacturing processes and systems - often measured in terms of cost

Competition Seeks to Improve Manufacturing Practices and Standards Development

January 31, 2020

Author(s)

William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris

CHALLENGES IN REPRESENTING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR SYSTEMATIC SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS - WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21, 2018

November 27, 2019

Author(s)

Arvind Shankar Raman, Dustin Harper, Karl Haapala, Barbara S. Linke, William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris

A workshop on Challenges in Representing Manufacturing Processes for Systematic Sustainability Assessments, jointly sponsored by the U.S. National Science

WHERE DO WE START? GUIDANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION IN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING

July 23, 2019

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, Thurston B. Sexton, Melinda Hodkiewicz, Katherine C. Morris, Jorge Arinez, Farhad Ameri, Jun Ni, Guoxian Xiao

Recent efforts in Smart Manufacturing (SM) have proven quite effective at elucidating system behavior using sensing systems, communications and computational

Where do we start? Guidance for technology implementation in maintenance management for manufacturing

July 23, 2019

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, Thurston B. Sexton, Melinda Hodkiewicz, Katherine C. Morris, Jorge Arinez, Farhad Ameri, Jun Ni, Guoxian Xiao

Recent efforts in Smart Manufacturing (SM) have proven quite effective at elucidating system behavior using sensing systems, communications and computational

Foundations of information governance for smart manufacturing

June 11, 2019

Author(s)

Katherine C. Morris, Yan Lu, Simon P. Frechette

The manufacturing systems of the future will be even more heavily dependent on the data than they are today. More and more data and information are being

Reusable Constructs of Manufacturing Processes for Processing Industries

April 12, 2019

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Katherine C. Morris, Kevin W. Lyons, William Z. Bernstein

This article specifically explores the new ASTM International Standard Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes and its

Towards Standards-Based Generation of Reusable Life Cycle Inventory Data Models for Manufacturing Processes

November 13, 2018

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, David J. Lechevalier, Katherine C. Morris

The production stage of a product's life cycle can significantly contribute to its overall environmental impact. Estimates of environmental impact for a product

Developing Maintenance Key Performance Indicators from Maintenance Work Order Data

June 19, 2018

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, Thurston B. Sexton, Katherine C. Morris, Sascha A. Moccozet, Michael L. Hoffman

Towards a standards-based methodology for extending manufacturing process models for sustainability assessment

June 19, 2018

Author(s)

Karl Haapala, Arvind Shankar Raman, Katherine C. Morris

Over the past decade, several efforts have characterized manufacturing processes from a sustainability perspective. In addition, frameworks, methodologies, and

Analyzing sustainability methods for use earlier in the product lifecycle

April 6, 2018

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, William Z. Bernstein, Timothy Kliks, Hidetaka Nishi, Steven Hoffenson, qing chang, Katherine C. Morris

Hybrid Datafication of Maintenance Logs from AI-Assisted Human Tags

January 15, 2018

Author(s)

Thurston B. Sexton, Michael P. Brundage, Michael L. Hoffman, Katherine C. Morris

One of the main challenges of applying AI to some datasets derives from the datasets themselves being unstructured, unclear, and ambiguous. Furthermore, the

Research directions for an open unit manufacturing process repository: A collaborative vision

December 20, 2017

Author(s)

William Z. Bernstein, Arun Bala Subramaniyan, Alexander Brodsky, Ian C. Garretson, Karl Haapala, Donald E. Libes, Katherine C. Morris, Rong Pan, Vittaldas Prabhu, Arkopaul Sarkar, Arvind Shankar Raman, Zhenhua Wu

The design of manufacturing systems can see dramatic improvements through the use of digital technologies for modeling and simulation prior to deployment. At

PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPING KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

June 8, 2017

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Deogratias Kibira, Michael P. Brundage, Katherine C. Morris

The need for an open, inclusive, and neutral procedure for developing key performance indicators (KPIs) has been increasing as manufacturers seek to determine

Using graph-based visualizations to explore key performance indicator relationships for manufacturing production systems

March 10, 2017

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris, John A. Horst

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are crucial for measuring and improving the performance of a manufacturing process. An especially critical aspect of

A Remarkable Resurgence of Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Automation and Autonomy

February 17, 2017

Author(s)

Katherine C. Morris, Craig I. Schlenoff, Vijay Srinivasan

This guest editorial looks at the resurgence of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other related technologies. It explores its impact on government

STANDARDS SUPPORTING SIMULATIONS OF SMART MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Conrad E. Bock, Guodong Shao, Kevin W. Lyons, Ronay Ak, Katherine C. Morris, Bjoern J. Johansson

Manufacturing standards provide the means for industries to effectively and consistently deploy methodologies and technologies to assess process performance

An Open Web-Based Repository for Capturing Manufacturing Process Information

December 1, 2016

Author(s)

William Z. Bernstein, Mahesh Mani, Katherine C. Morris, Kevin W. Lyons, Bjoern J. Johansson

With recent progress in developing more effective models for representing manufacturing processes, this paper presents an approach towards an open web-based

An Activity Model for Factory Design and Improvement

October 4, 2016

Author(s)

Kiwook Jung, Sangsu Choi, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Hyunbo Cho, Katherine C. Morris

Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) are envisioned to contain highly-automated and IT-driven production systems. To address the complexity that arises in such

STANDARD REPRESENTATIONS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

October 1, 2016

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Jon Larborn, Bjoern J. Johansson, Kevin W. Lyons, Katherine C. Morris

This paper describes ASTMs new guide for characterizing the environmental aspects of manufacturing processes (ASTM WK35705). The guide defines a generic

An analysis of technologies and standards for designing smart manufacturing systems

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Katherine C. Morris, Sangsu Choi, Kiwook Jung

Smart manufacturing is defined by high degrees of automation. Automation, in turn, is defined by clearly defined processes. The use of standards in this

USING INDUSTRY FOCUS GROUPS AND LITERATURE REVIEW TO IDENTIFY CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE ASSESSMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE

August 24, 2016

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Karl Haapala, Matteo Smullin, Katherine C. Morris

The bottom up demand from consumers for more sustainable products, and the top down need to comply with government regulations motivates manufacturers to adopt

Advanced communications
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Buildings and Construction
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