Program Overview

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ML2300 Sustainable Production

Course Description

The course provides an introductory perspective on different issues of academic and practical interest in the domain of sustainable production. It aspires to give learners the possibility to understand, explore, and challenge different perspectives relevant in the subject area. The connection between sustainability and industrial production is the main theme. The course is designed primarily to lay the foundation for subsequent courses and research sub-areas relevant for the master's program in Sustainable Production Development.

Information per Course Offering

Termin

Autumn 2025

Information for Autumn 2025 TITHM Programme Students

• Course location: KTH Campus
• Duration: 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
• Periods: Autumn 2025: P1 (9 hp)
• Pace of study: 67%
• Application code: 50841
• Form of study: Normal Daytime
• Language of instruction: English
• Number of places: Places are not limited
• Target group: No information inserted
• Planned modular schedule: No information inserted
• Schedule: Link to schedule (removed as per instructions)
• Part of programme: Master's Programme, Sustainable Production Development, year 1, Mandatory; Master's Programme, Machine Design, year 1

Contact

• Examiner: Seyoum Eshetu Birkie, Magnus Wiktorsson
• Course coordinator: Seyoum Eshetu Birkie, Mark Lange
• Teachers: Louise Maniette, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

Course Syllabus

Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.

Content and Learning Outcomes

Course Contents

• Dynamics in value creation and sustainability
• Theory and practice of sustainable production
• Planning, operation, and evaluation of sustainable production system
• Environmentally conscious process design
• Relation between the product, the production, and the supply chains for sustainable production
• Selected subjects in sustainable production:
  • Production Management for sustainable Production
  • The role of logistics in sustainable production
  • Industrial operational reliability and robustness for sustainable production
  • The relation between production and circular economy: Material flow and energy flow

Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, the students should be able to:

• Describe how the different subject areas production management, production logistics, and industrial operational reliability relate to sustainable production development
• Account for motives, driving forces, and obstacles for sustainable production
• Explain and analyse the sustainable production system where environmental aspects and other sustainability aspects have connections to the system components and relations
• Evaluate, analyse, and compare alternatives for development of production, considering economic, environmental, and social sustainability, based on established methods and tools
• Relate a sustainable production to sustainability aspects regarding product supply chains and transport
• Discuss the role of production for an increased life-cycle perspective and circular material and energy flows

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

• Completed course ML1503 Industrial systems, 6 credits or the equivalent.
• Completed course Bachelor thesis, 15 credits or the equivalent.

Literature

Information about course literature can be found in the course memo for the course offering.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

• TEN1 - Written exam, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• INL1 - Assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• ÖVN1 - Exercises, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH's coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Other Requirements for Final Grade

Attendance at specified compulsory course dates (or completed compensation assignment to these) are requirements for final grading.

Examiner

Seyoum Eshetu Birkie, Magnus Wiktorsson

Ethical Approach

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further Information

Offered by

ITM/Production Engineering Södertälje

Main Field of Study

Mechanical Engineering

Education Cycle

Second cycle