Relating manufacturing system configuration to life-cycle environmental performance: Discrete-event simulation supplemented with LCA

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2015-2024

  Löfgren, Birger ^a   Tillman, Anne Marie ^b  

^a SKF Group   (Netherlands)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle management; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

BEARING PRODUCTION; DATA COLLECTION; DISCRETE EVENTS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MATERIAL LOSS; SYSTEMIC RESPONSE; TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE; RATING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 80052496933     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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