Green benefits from adopting lean manufacturing: A case study from the automotive sector

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Sobral, Maíra Clara ^a   Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes de ^a   Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel José ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875249650     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.21336     Document Type: Article

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