Integrated Simulation and Modelling Approach to Decision Making and Environmental Protection |
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| Authors: | H.H. Khoo T.A. Spedding L. Tobin D. Taplin |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Engineering and Technology Management, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798;(2) Centre for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Medway School of Engineering, University of Greenwich, Medway University Campus, Pembroke;(3) Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME, 4 4TB, United; author for correspondence, e-mail;(4) Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton Campus, Dawson Highway, Rockhampton, Qld, 4700, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This paper's objective is first to test the application of computer simulation and modelling tools in investigating the effects of applying sustainable manufacturing practices in a smelter plant, and second, to prove quantitatively and visually that 'sustainibility is free'. A simulation model is built to test and capture two different operating polices, 'Policy 1' and 'Policy 2', of an industrial system. In the case study, the simulation model is designed to reflect the effects of decision making in the activites found in a smelter plant, and to quantify the cost, sustainable and environmental consequences based on the decisions. Apart from providing a means of accurately measuring a system's performance, the purpose of using simulation tools is also to link the economic factors, such as productivity and total costs, as well as the sustainable factors, such as natural resource and energy consumption of a system. The simulation results prove quantitatively and visually that sustainability is not only 'free' but is, in fact, a far better proposition for economic growth in the medium to longer term than traditional forms of management. |
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| Keywords: | computer simulation decision making environmental management process modelling sustainable manufacturing. |
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