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This book covers various aspects of sustainability, including green economy, green energy, and waste management. It offers analysis of key challenges in contemporary world, as well as concepts and solutions that can be implemented to deal with them. The authors represent various universities located all over the Europe; hence, their perspectives are different and confronting their points of view will result in holistic review of current topics connected with circular economy. The book can be interesting for academics, as it presents the latest research results, for business practitioners, as it supplements research with case studies and real-life examples, and for students, who can learn about new challenges solutions they will have to deal with in their professional careers.
List of contents
Part 1: Resource efficiency.- 1. Scientometric and bibliometric analysis in circular economy indicators in the context of PaaS.- 2. Implementation of TPM in companies in the chemical and fertilizer industry.- 3. Towards an Energy Consumption Optimisation Framework in Selective Laser Sintering System: Leveraging Deep Learning and FPGA Technologies.- 4. Supply Risk Pricing for Power-to-X Plant Investment.- Part 2: Closing the loop.- 5. Logistic centres importance for reverse logistics.- 6. Catering food waste: A MCDM-based management and controlling methodology.- 7. Determining the optimal conditions for the separation process of mixed polymer waste from the automotive industry using sink-float separation.- Part 3: Human factor in supply chain and production systems in Circular Economy.- 8. Human-Centered AI for Zero Defect Manufacturing.- 9. Competence development of logistics and transport staff as port of an organization s digital maturity.- 10. Current and prospective trends in improving the quality of information processes within a public service organization to citizens.- 11. Preferences of Generation Z in terms of readiness for changes in last-mile delivery in the context of sustainability.- 12. Human Resource Allocation Problem considering aptitude, work experience and level of criticality of workstations.
About the author
Roma Marczewska-Kuzma conducts research on quality management and quality issues in the context of contemporary economy. Her work is focused on sustainability, Industry 4.0 and risk assessment and management in business operating in dynamic environment.
Lukasz Hadas academic interests are in production-logistics systems and their operation in the context of Industry 4.0 and contemporary challenges. He focuses on flows integration and the dynamic nature of organizations as systems.
Paulina Golinska-Dawson is a researcher focusing on sustainability and circular economy areas. She is an expert in reusing, refurbishing, remanufacturing processes and models and their implementation in automotive and electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).
Summary
This book covers various aspects of sustainability, including green economy, green energy, and waste management. It offers analysis of key challenges in contemporary world, as well as concepts and solutions that can be implemented to deal with them. The authors represent various universities located all over the Europe; hence, their perspectives are different and confronting their points of view will result in holistic review of current topics connected with circular economy. The book can be interesting for academics, as it presents the latest research results, for business practitioners, as it supplements research with case studies and real-life examples, and for students, who can learn about new challenges solutions they will have to deal with in their professional careers.
