Lean management and low carbon emissions in precast concrete factories in Singapore

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-186

  Wu, Peng ^a   Low, Sui Pheng ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climate change; Concrete fabrication; Lean; Prefabrication; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; DELIVERY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; JUST-IN-TIME; LEADTIME; LEAN; LEAN MANAGEMENT; LEAN PRODUCTION; LOW-CARBON; PRECASTERS; PREFABRICATION; PRODUCTION CYCLE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; REGULATORY AGENCIES; SINGAPORE; SITE LAYOUT; STORAGE AREA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCRETE INDUSTRY; ONTOLOGY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 84862581085     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000053     Document Type: Article

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