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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; 1: Responsible Textile Design and Manufacturing: Environmentally Conscious Material Selection; Ece Kalayci, Ozan Avinc, Arzu Yavas, and Semih Coskun; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Environmentally Conscious Design; 1.3 Environmentally Conscious Material Selection in Textile Production; 1.3.1 Natural Fibers; 1.3.2 Regenerated Fibers; 1.3.3 Synthetic Fibers; 1.3.4 Recyclable/Reusable Fibers; 1.3.5 Biodegradable Fibers; 1.3.6 Organic Natural Fiber Production 1.3.7 Alternative Cotton Programs: Better Cotton, Cleaner Cotton, Naturally Colored Cotton1.4 Sustainability Measurements and Assessment Tools in Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing; 1.4.1 Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Textile Materials; 1.4.2 Carbon Footprint in Textile Production; 1.4.3 Water Footprint in Textile Production; 1.4.4 Social Responsibility in Textile Production; 1.4.5 Sustainable Textile Production (STeP); 1.4.6 The Higg Index; 1.4.7 Standards and Test Methods for Textile Sustainability; 1.4.7.1 Restricted Substance List (RSL) Testing 1.4.7.2 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)1.4.7.3 Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH); 1.4.7.4 Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS); 1.4.8 Eco Labels; 1.5 Innovative Options in Environmentally Conscious Textile Manufacturing; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2: An Integrated Design for Remanufacturing Approach; Mehmet Ali Ilgin; Overview; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Literature Review; 2.3 Description of Remanufacturing System and Design for Remanufacturing Criteria; 2.3.1 Remanufacturing System; 2.3.2 Design for Remanufacturing Criteria 2.4 Proposed Design for Remanufacturing Approach2.4.1 Analysis of Relationships among Criteria Using ISM; 2.4.1.1 Structural Self-Interaction Matrix; 2.4.1.2 Initial Reachability Matrix; 2.4.1.3 Final Reachability Matrix and Driving Power-Dependence Diagram; 2.4.2 Determination of the Importance Weights of Criteria Using ANP; 2.4.3 Use of House of Quality to Determine Technical Product Characteristics Satisfying DFR Criteria; 2.4.3.1 Determination of Customer Requirements; 2.4.3.2 Determination of Technical Descriptors 2.4.3.3 Construction of a Relationship Matrix between Customer Requirements and Technical Descriptors2.4.3.4 Construction of an Interrelationship Matrix between Technical Descriptors; 2.4.3.5 Competitive Assessments; 2.4.3.6 Development of Prioritized Customer Requirements; 2.4.3.7 Development of Prioritized Technical Descriptors; 2.5 Conclusions and Future Research; References; 3: Effects of Product Designs on End-of-Life Product Recovery under Uncertainty; Aditi D. Joshi and Surendra M. Gupta; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Literature Review Responsible Manufacturing has become an obligation to the environment and to society itself, enforced primarily by customer perspective and governmental regulations on environmental issues. This is mainly driven by the escalating deterioration of the environment, such as diminishing raw material resources, overflowing waste sites, and increasing levels of pollution. Responsible Manufacturing related issues have found a large following in industry and academia, which aim to find solutions to the problems that arise in this newly emerged research area. Problems are widespread, including the ones related to the lifecycle of products, disassembly, material recovery, remanufacturing, and pollution prevention. Organized into sixteen chapters, this book provides a foundation for academicians and practitioners, and addresses several important issues faced by strategic, tactical, and operation planners of Responsible Manufacturing. Using efficient models in a variety of decision-making situations, it provides easy-to-use mathematical and/or simulation modeling-based solution methodologies for the majority of the issues. Features Addresses a variety of state-of-the-art issues in Responsible Manufacturing Highlights how popular industrial engineering and operations research techniques can be effectively exploited to find the most effective solutions to problems Presents how a specific issue can be approached or modeled in a given decision-making situation Covers strategic, tactical, and operational systems issues Provides a foundation for academicians and practitioners interested in building bodies of knowledge in this new and fast-growing area