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Economic value added is a primary metric for measuring manufacturing activity; however, this metric and others exclude approximately half of the economic
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) are envisioned to contain highly-automated and IT-driven production systems. To address the complexity that arises in such
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
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
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