Greener Manufacturing and Operations: From Design to Delivery and Back

ISBN-13: 9781874719427 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 387 str.

Sarkis, Joseph

Opis

This timely work examines one core corporate function that has a profound and direct impact on corporate environmental performance - manufacturing and operations. This area has been of concern in recent years to researchers and practitioners in fields ranging from the social and natural sciences to management and technical engineering. The book reflects this diversity with global contributions on topics such as design for the environment, total quality environmental management, green supply chains, reverse logistics, environmental management systems and standards, industrial ecology, closed-loop manufacturing, life-cycle management, pollution prevention (P2), environmental technologies and energy efficiency.

Recenzje

... it is an essential aid for managers, engineers, students, researchers and consultants who are interested in understanding the various issues, principles, tools for managing operations and manufacturing functions in a more environmentally benign and sustainable manner. - 'Educational Book Review'

Spis treści

Foreword Roger E. Kasperson, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden Introduction Joseph Sarkis, Clark University Graduate School of Management, USA