Professor Guide Lecture

Question 1

Volkswagen Diesel Scandal

Answer 1

Made diesel cars seem like they weren’t polluting environment

Question 2

Topic of Professor Guide’s Lecture

Answer 2

Sustainability and Closed Loop Supply Chains: A business perspective

Question 3

Four Environmental Impacts of Industry

Answer 3

Climate Change
Exponential Amounts of E- Waste
Increasing Number of Products with Short Lifecycles
Increasing awareness of the impact of industrial activities

Question 4

Climate Change

Answer 4

Our industrial activities are changing our planet

Question 5

Exponential Amounts of E- Waste

Answer 5

Smart Phones, Telecom Equipment, Computers, Printers, Network Equipment

Question 6

Increasing Number of Products with Short Lifecycles

Answer 6

Smart Phones, tablets, PCs, printers

Question 7

Increasing awareness of the impact of industrial activities

Answer 7

Outsourcing to China

HP vs Dell computer recycling

Question 8

What is the problem to solve with sustainability

Answer 8

designing industrial systems that are economically and environmentally sustainable (to create value - PROFIT)

Question 9

Which energy source is always preferred

Answer 9

Alternative energy sources but they can’t produce on demand

Question 10

3R’s to Sustainability

Answer 10

Reduce (New Reg. Pressures)
Reuse (?)
Recycle (Reg. Pressures)

Question 11

Reduce Components (under product design)

Answer 11

Pollution Prevention 
Materials
Lean Production
Energy
Carbon Footprint

Question 12

Reuse Components (under product design)

Answer 12

Servicize
Repair
Remanufacture
Materials Choice

Question 13

Recycle Components (under product design)

Answer 13

Design for Environment
Materials Choice
Cost Benefits
Spare Part Recovery

Question 14

Four Categories of A Business View of Sustainability

Answer 14

Fundamentals
Eco-efficiency (life cycle)
Product stewardship
Sustainability Strategy

Question 15

Closed loop supply chains consist of

Answer 15

the primary supply chain

Question 16

A supply loop is constrained when a process

Answer 16

cannot deal with the entire output of its upstream process

Question 17

Reasons for not being able to deal with output

Answer 17

Limited access to used products
Limited technical feasibility of reprocessing
Limited market demand for the reprocessed secondary resources

Question 18

Environmental Legislation (These directives were driven by increasing concern for the environment)

Answer 18

A slew of recent legislation for companies to comply with:
In the EU:
RoHS
WEEE
EVL
Waste tire directive
Green Dot Packaging directive

Question 19

Environmental Legislation (expensive for companies and consumers)

Answer 19

In the US:
Conflict Minerals (UK and EU)
Slave (forced) Labor (UK and EU)

More pending globally:
Japan
China
Australia
Possibility of 50 different producer responsibility directives in the US