UTILIZING SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS FOR PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION

Fecha de publicación: 28/10/2010
Fuente: WIPO "sustainability"
An industrial control system is provided. The system includes a processor to analyze one or more sustainability factors and a scoring component to assign a weight to the sustainability factors. An optimizer automatically adjusts a production process in view of the sustainability factors, the weight, and at least one of a recycling requirement, a carbon footprint, a procurement process, a shipping process, or a regulatory requirement.