Tools and techniques for enabling sustainability through lean initiatives

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-479

  Vinodh, S ^a   Arvind, K R ^a   Somanaathan, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental concerns; Environmental safety; Lean manufacturing; Sustainability principles; Value Stream Mapping; Waste elimination

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; LEAN PRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; VALUE STREAM MAPPING; WASTE ELIMINATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960556076     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-010-0329-x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. JCH Chen LJ Parker B Lin 2006 Technopreneurship in Native American businesses: current issues and future with a case study Int J Manag Enterp Develop 3 1/2 70 84 10.1504/IJMED.2006.008243
2. EPA Website. http://epa.gov/lean. Accessed on 9 Feb 2010
3. Fliedner G (2008) Sustainability: a new lean principle. In: Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the decision sciences institute, Baltimore, Maryland, pp 3321-3326
4. A Gehin P Zwolinski D Brissaud 2008 A tool to implement sustainable end-of-life strategies in the product development phase J Clean Prod 16 566 576 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.02.012 (Pubitemid 350166929)
5. ALS Goh 2006 Evolution of industrial policy-making in support of innovation, the case of Singapore Int J Innov Learn 3 1 110 125 10.1504/IJIL.2006.008183 (Pubitemid 43085611)
6. C Herron PM Braiden 2006 A methodology for developing sustainable quantifiable productivity improvement in manufacturing companies Int J Prod Econ 104 143 153 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.10.004
7. P Hines N Rich 1997 The seven Value Stream Mapping tools Int J Oper Prod Manag 17 1 46 64 10.1108/01443579710157989 (Pubitemid 39032385)
8. P Hines N Rich A Esain 1999 Value Stream Mapping-a distribution industry application Benchmarking Int J 6 1 60 77 10.1108/14635779910258157
9. H Kaebernick S Kara M Sun 2003 Sustainable product development and manufacturing by considering environmental requirements Robot Comp Integr Manufact 19 461 468 10.1016/S0736-5845(03)00056-5
10. Y Kainuma N Tawara 2006 A multiple attribute utility theory approach to lean and green supply chain management Int J Prod Econ 101 99 108 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.05.010 (Pubitemid 43003695)
11. RR Lummus Vokurka RJ B Rodeghiero 2006 Improving quality through Value Stream Mapping: a case study of a physician's clinic Total Qual Manag 17 8 1063 1075 10.1080/14783360600748091 (Pubitemid 44831475)
12. T McDonald EM Van Aken AF Rentes 2002 Utilising simulation to enhance Value Stream Mapping: a manufacturing case application Int J Logist Res Appl 5 2 213 232 10.1080/13675560210148696
13. D Millet L Bistagnino C Lanzavecchia R Camous T Poldma 2007 Does the potential of the use of LCA match the design team needs? J Clean Prod 15 335 346 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.07.016 (Pubitemid 44515142)
14. D Mollenkopf H Stolze WL Tate M Ueltschy 2010 Green, lean and supply chains Int J Phys Distrib Logist Manag 40 1/2 14 41 10.1108/09600031011018028
15. Monden Y (1993) Toyota production system: an integrated approach to just-in-time, 2nd edn. Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross
16. K-H Robert 2000 Tools and concepts for sustainable development, how do they relate to a general framework for sustainable development, and to each other? J Clean Prod 8 243 254 10.1016/S0959-6526(00)00011-1
17. D Seth V Gupta 2005 Application of Value Stream Mapping for lean operations and cycle time reductions: an Indian case study Prod Plan Control 16 1 44 59 10.1080/09537280512331325281 (Pubitemid 41647053)
18. DF Simpson DF Power 2005 Use of supply relationship to develop lean and green suppliers Supply Chain Manag Int J 10 1 60 68 10.1108/13598540510578388 (Pubitemid 40679967)
19. RK Singh AK Choudhury MK Tiwari RS Maull 2005 An integrated fuzzy-based decision support system for the selection of lean tools: a case study from the steel industry Proc IMechE B 220 10 1735 1749 10.1243/09544054JEM494