Assessing Sustainable Manufacturing Related Problems for Marble Facilities: An Application

Negative impacts on people and environment should be minimized by considering all measures in marble sector where water and energy consumptions, also waste generation are very high. There is a need of systematical approaches for reducing the amount of waste material and increasing the production efficiency. Therefore, this study proposes a systematic methodology to assess marble facilities in terms of human factors, environment, and economical aspects. First, Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch, TRIZ) method is used to solve the human factors related problems. In addition, electric energy and water consumption that are used during marble processing and marble wastes resulting from operations are also assessed in terms of economy and environment.