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Kinoshita Lab
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The lab designs sustainable production by evaluating its environmental and economic performance.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing sustainable production with mathematical methods.
The lab uses mathematical optimization, simulation, and machine learning to design production systems while evaluating their environmental and economic performance.
For example, it considers how to design production systems that raise costs but improve the recycling rate.
The lab was established in April 2025, and it conducts some of its research jointly with the Tetsuo Yamada Lab.
Students who wish to join the lab must attend an information session and an interview.
Key terms
- mathematical optimization
- A method of using mathematical formulas to find the best choice for a given objective.
- supply chain
- The chain of supply from the procurement of raw materials until products reach customers. A supply chain that crosses national borders is called a global supply chain.
- disassembly production
- A way of producing in which used products are taken apart and sent to processes such as remanufacturing, parts reuse, and material recycling.
- carbon neutrality
- Reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to effectively zero. Reducing emissions in the supply chain is essential for achieving it.
NewsLab news
A paper won the Best Paper Award at the 2026 International Conference on Production Research Asia Pacific Region
A student received the Outstanding Student Award from the Japan Industrial Management Association
A student's presentation received the Encouragement Award at the 2025 Autumn Research Presentation Meeting of the Japan Society for Equipment Management
A student's presentation received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 2025 Spring Research Presentation Meeting of the Japan Society for Equipment Management
ResearchResearch themes
The lab evaluates the environmental and economic performance of production and supply chains, and designs production systems on that basis. Its subjects are cross-border supply chains, disassembly of used products, and detection of compensation fraud for secondhand goods.
*Illustrative imageGlobal Low-Carbon Supply Chains
Assembled products such as PCs and vacuum cleaners are delivered through supply chains that cross national borders. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain is essential for carbon neutrality, and the lab designs supply chains that take into account carbon policies, emissions, costs, and tariffs, which differ from country to country.
*Illustrative imageDisassembly Production Systems
Disassembling used products involves uncertainty in quality and quantity, as well as several processing options such as remanufacturing, parts reuse, and material recycling. The lab evaluates cybersecurity risks and studies system designs aimed at raising the recycling rate and reducing costs.
*Illustrative imageSensor AI for Detecting Compensation Fraud
Secondhand goods involve many stakeholders with conflicting interests, so repair fraud, in which damage is added to inflate insurance payouts, and customer fraud, in which false claims are made, can occur. The lab is building sensor AI that detects compensation fraud using sensors and machine learning.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Faculty memberYuki Kinoshita
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Electronic waste 2” Tiia Monto / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Global Low-Carbon Supply Chains: “Goethals Bridge td ( a - Matrix Global Logistics Park (Amazon JFK8)” Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Disassembly Production Systems: “Recycling and Garbage Bin in Municipal Park” SAF1999 / CC0 (cropped)
- Sensor AI for Detecting Compensation Fraud: “Flexible heat flux sensor FHF04 by Hukseflux” Hukseflux TS / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Wakatsuki Lab): “Timed automata” Portbinder / CC0 (cropped)
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