Making resources work more efficiently - the importance of supply chain partnerships

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1257-1263

  Schliephake, Kirsten ^a   Stevens, Graeme ^a   Clay, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Sustainability Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food industry; Resource efficiency; Supply chain; Timber furniture industry; Waste minimisation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLEANER PRODUCTION; DESIGN PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES; INDUSTRY SECTORS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MATERIAL USAGE; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE EFFICIENCY; SINGLE SITES; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE HANDLING; WASTE MINIMISATION;

CONSERVATION; DATA HANDLING; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; INDUSTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATERIALS HANDLING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 67549120765     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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