Green as the new Lean: How to use Lean practices as a catalyst to greening your supply chain

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-100

  Dües, Christina Maria ^a   Tan, Kim Hua ^a   Lim, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Green; Lean; Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GREEN; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; LEAN; LEAN BUSINESS; LEAN PRACTICES; RESEARCH PAPERS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84869095060     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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