Nabil Nasr, director of the National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery at Rochester Institute of Technology will give one of the keynote addresses at the 13 th International Conference ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become a pivotal tool in evaluating the environmental performance of lightweight automotive design. By examining the entire lifespan of a vehicle—from raw material ...

Products, processes, and systems should be designed for performance in a commercial “afterlife". Embedded entropy and complexity must be viewed as an investment when making design choices on recycle, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing coverage of ...