Sustainable product development initiatives in the footwear industry based on the cradle to cradle concept

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages 473-481

  Jacques, Jocelise J ^a   Agogino, Alice M ^b   Guimaraes, Lia B M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; COMPLEX SUPPLY CHAIN; DATA COLLECTION; DESIGN PROCESS; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; HUMAN NEEDS; SUSTAINABLE DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SHOE MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 80054981860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-29061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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