Performance analysis of the capability assessment tool for sustainable manufacturing

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3543-3561

  Subic, Aleksandar ^a   Shabani, Bahman ^a   Hedayati, Mehdi ^a   Crossin, Enda ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Capability assessment; Environmental sustainability; Sensitivity analysis; Sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; SELF ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 84886280377     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5083543     Document Type: Article

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