Information infrastructures for on-line measurement of non-productive greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing: Case of the brewing industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 6553-6573

  Lees, M ^a,b   Evans, R ^a,c   Mareels, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Carlton and United Breweries   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Greenhouse gas; Information structure; Production efficiency; Sustainability metric

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; DRILL-DOWN; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INFORMATION STRUCTURES; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; NOVEL INFORMATION; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PACKAGING LINES; PILOT IMPLEMENTATION; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; UTILITIES CONSUMPTION;

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; MANUFACTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISIBILITY;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84868234237     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.655864     Document Type: Article

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