摘要 |
<p>There is disclosed a system and method for optimizing manufacturing processe s so as to increase usage of recycling in a manufacturing process. In an embodiment, the method comprises: describing a manufacturing process using a plurality of nodes, each node representing a component or a process; connecting the plurality of nodes with directed edge s to form a directed graph, the directed graph representing possible manufacturing process flows from a begin node to an end node; assigning to each edge a value representative of the benefit resulting from usage of recycling in a component or process; and determining a longest path from the begin node to the end node in the directed graph to identify a manufacturing process flow maximizing usage of recycling in the manufacturing process.</p> |