Industrial

Features. Presents ready-to use assessment techniques, performance evaluations, and economics and cost-benefit analyses. Covers all key areas of sustainable manufacturing-from design, facility, material, resource, energy, and waste management to supply chain, logistics, and maintaining sustainability. Provides detailed discussions of effective practices for a broad range of industry applications and different sized organizations. Includes case studies for managerial and engineering practitioners to replicate on the job. Empowers readers with proven, integrated strategies for creating value through sustainable manufacturing systems.

In the fields engineering, manufacturing, and business, efficiency, sustainable, and related procedures are increasingly merging into effective systems for achieving top performance. The authors of this book explore sustainable manufacturing measures that enable companies to make efficient use of their resources and, at the same tie, increase the value of their operations.

This practical text focuses on tactics that pay off on multiple levels, including sustainable and energy efficient design, Green supply chain and environmental resource management, and waste minimization measures examining approaches, challenges, costs, and the benefits of each. A must-read for organization and plant system managers, industrial engineers, and other manufacturing professionals, Value Creation through Sustainable Manufacturing also is a valuable resource for teachers and students of sustainability and integrated manufacturing systems.