Evaluating supply chain sustainability

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Fiksel, Joseph ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DECISIONS; CAPITAL INVESTMENT; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MATERIAL FLOW; NET ENERGY; NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS; PRODUCT TAKE-BACK; PRODUCT-LIFE-CYCLE; STEP-BY-STEP ANALYSIS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATION; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 79952946828     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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