Purpose Resilience in agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) is an area of significant importance due to growing chain volatility. While the majority research exploring resilience has originated from a management perspective, many other disciplines (such as environmental systems science and social sciences) have also explored topic. As complex social, economic constructs, priority AFSCs goes far beyond company specific focus works would conceivably benefit including more diverse academic...

As much as one-third of the food intentionally grown for human consumption is never consumed and therefore wasted, with significant environmental, social economic ramifications. An increasing number publications in this area currently consider different aspects critical issue, generally focus on proactive approaches to reduce waste, or reactive solutions more efficient waste management. In context, paper takes a holistic approach aim achieving better understanding types using knowledge...

Food manufacturing is comprised of a number complex processes which generate vast amounts food waste. Frequently, strategies for dealing with these materials are rudimentary and provide low economic environmental value, instance animal feeding, anaerobic digestion, composting, incineration, landspreading landfilling. However, wastes contain numerous chemicals wide range potential commercial applications, makes suitable feedstocks valorisation. This paper applies Waste Flow Modelling...

Generation of food waste (FW) continues to be a global challenge and high on the political agenda. One main reasons for its generation is absence detailed data amount, timing created waste. This paper discusses design, application investigates Internet Things (IoT) based FW monitoring system capture during manufacturing in real-time make it available all stakeholders supply chain (FSC). A case study ready-meal factory comprises design architecture tracking including both hardware software,...

Approximately one-third of the food produced globally is spoiled or wasted in supply chain (FSC). Essentially, it lost before even reaches end consumer. Conventional methods waste tracking relying on paper-based logs to collect and analyse data are costly, laborious, time-consuming. Hence, an automated real-time system based Internet Things (IoT) concepts proposed measure overall amount as well reasons for generation within potato processing industry, by using modern image load cell...

As the global population continues to rise and consumer demand for a wider variety of food products increases, manufacturers are exploring various strategies, methods tools change adapt. Furthermore, restriction in access low-cost labour introduction more stringent legislation forcing industry update their production processes. Industrial robots, pillar Industry 4.0, promises many benefits manufacturing industry, especially responding these new challenges. The integration such automation...

There has been a significant growth in research and applications of product recovery recycling over the last two decades, particular with view recent take-back legislation which extended responsibility manufacturers to include safe disposal their products. However, at present, global scale is significantly disproportional total manufacturing output. Hence, achieve idealistic goal 'zero landfill', there need improve extend both activities range such have yet be implemented. This paper...

The combustion of fossil fuels for energy generation has contributed considerably to the effects climate change. In order reduce fuel consumption, designers are increasingly seeking consumption products over their life cycle. To achieve a significant reduction in it is essential that considerations incorporated within design phase product, since majority product's environmental impact determined during this phase. This work proposes new 'Design Energy Minimization' (DfEM) approach, which...

The first Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of an acid-free, microwave-assisted process for pectin production at pilot scale is reported. properties the resulting were measured and compared against criteria commercial pectin, while energy consumption microwave was to compare its life cycle impacts with that current process. Overall, met all food-grade pectin. unit estimated have <25% environmental impact traditional acid-assisted thermal in categories provided improved yield 5% (wet weight basis)...

In response to the challenges of dynamic adaptability, real-time interactivity, and optimization posed by application existing deep reinforcement learning algorithms in solving complex scheduling problems, this study proposes a novel approach using graph neural networks complete task job shop scheduling. A distributed multi-agent architecture (DMASA) is constructed maximize global rewards, modeling intelligent manufacturing problem as sequential decision represented graphs Graph...

The footwear industry, over the last years, has placed significant effort in improving energy and material efficiency, but comparison little been directed at recovery recycling of shoes end their functional life. In reality, most worn discarded (end-of-life) are disposed landfills. Producer responsibility issues forthcoming legislation as well increasing environmental consumer demands expected to challenge way global industry deals with its end-of-life waste. This paper presents an...

Energy rationalisation, the elimination of unnecessary energy consumption, is becoming increasingly important in a resource constrained world. The use significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and much research has been done reduce manufacturing. So as enable rationalisation it essential that understood where being used. This paper describes design implementation simulation model generated support modelling consumption within manufacturing systems. allows various 'what-if'...

A considerable amount of waste is generated in the food supply chains both developing and developed countries.In an increasingly resource constrained world, it imperative to reduce high environmental, social economic impacts associated with this type waste.This necessitates development implementation improved, targeted management practices.This paper discusses various definitions categorisations according different international organisations, reviews most up-to-date data on as well its...

Food waste is a significant contemporary issue in the UK, with substantial environmental, social and economic costs to nation. Whilst efforts reduce food are laudable, proportion of drink manufacturer unavoidable. On one hand, there drive from industry reclaim as much value this possible, for example, by conversion valuable products what known "valorisation". At same time, growing legislative pressures mean that any attempts valorise must be performed sustainable manner. However, every...

There is a lack of knowledge among food manufacturers about adopting the Internet Things (IoT)-based water monitoring system and its ability to support minimisation activities. It therefore necessary investigate applicability IoT-based real-time systems in real manufacturing environment pursue water-saving opportunities accordingly. This article aims propose an architecture water-monitoring needed for usage, address any inefficiencies within manufacturing. looks at study conducted beverage...

The footwear industry is a manufacturing sector that utilizes wide variety of materials and processes to produce range distinctly different products, from sandals more specialized footwear. Currently, than 19 billion pairs shoes are produced worldwide every year. This creates large waste stream at the end functional life shoes, which often disposed in landfills. Producer responsibility concerns, forthcoming legislation increasingly environmentally conscious consumers expected challenge way...

Over the past two decades there has been a rapid growth in tanning and leather manufacturing developing countries, an undesirable by-product of this is increase waste associated with products. End-of-life management options for products are often limited to incineration or landfill; these carry range environmentally damaging impacts. This indicates need urgent diversion towards material recycling order prevent further environmental degradation. paper investigates number interdependent...

Increasing pressures on freshwater supplies, continuity of supply uncertainties, and costs linked to legislative compliance, such as for wastewater treatment, are driving water use reduction up the agenda manufacturing businesses. A survey is presented current analysis methods tools generally available industry analyze environmental impact of, manage, use. These include life cycle analysis, footprinting, strategic planning, auditing, process integration. It identified that surveyed do not...

One third of energy consumption is attributable to the industrial sector, with as much half ultimately wasted heat. Consequently, research has focused on technologies for harvesting this waste heat energy, however, adoption such can be costly long payback time. A decision support tool presented which computes compatibility source(s) and sink(s), namely exergy balance temporal availability, along economic environmental benefits available exchanger propose a streamlined optimised recovery...