Characteristics of the automotive remanufacturing enterprise with an economic and environmental evaluation of alternator products

International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-449

  Kim, Hyung Ju ^a   Skerlos, Steve ^a   Severengiz, Semih ^b   Seliger, Guenther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternator; Assessment; Automotive industry; Remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

ALTERNATOR; ASSESSMENT; AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; BUSINESS STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; REMANUFACTURING;

SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

EID: 84863349018     PISSN: 17427223     EISSN: 17427231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSM.2009.031363     Document Type: Article

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