Based on the received results, engineer can apply corrective actions and perform continuous improvement by performing daily monitoring of production processes.
This paper introduces a new framework that allows continuous improvement for the reliability of production process and product throughput.
This study uses life cycle assessment methods to examine the environmental impact of and improvements to production processes for bio-based composites made of a renewable polymer matrix, poly(β-hydroxybutyrate -co- β-hydroxyvalerate), and natural fiber fabric.
The improvement of the production processes requires a search for new alternative raw materials, design of the pretreatment technique and improvement in the fermentation and separation steps.
Once the numerical modelling of the part was done, improvement of the production process was performed based upon the desired objective function, i.e., a uniform part thickness distribution and/or minimal part weight.
To Markus Schäperkötter, a researcher at Salzgitter-Mannesmann, the main difference between carrying out research projects in a public and industrial setting is that in universities, one is more free to take the research toward new directions for innovation, while within the industry, R&D "is focusing on the direct improvement of the production process and the continuous development of materials".
It is worth pointing out that this may possibly contribute to the improvement of a production process.
A big improvement of the production process can be obtained if in a first step some small but sophisticated changes to the macropore etching part are made that result in a specific pore profile with depth.
On the other hand, as the activity level of an environmentally friendly disposal process increases, there is more feedback of information on the proper treatment of waste from an environmentally friendly disposal process to an environmentally friendly production process, so that there is an improvement of production in the process.
