Production system design to achieve energy savings in an automotive paint shop

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6769-6785

  Guerrero, Claudia Arenas ^a   Wang, Junwen ^b   Li, Jingshan ^b   Arinez, Jorge ^c   Biller, Stephan ^c   Huang, Ningjian ^c   Xiao, Guoxian ^c  

^a CUMMINS INC   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

energy management; environmental management; manufacturing systems; production management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLIES; AUTOMOTIVE PAINTS; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USAGE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; PAINT SHOPS; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGNS; VEHICLE PAINTING;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PAINT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053511710     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.535042     Document Type: Article

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