Application of ecodesign methodology in SMEs run according to lean management: The case of a furniture publishing company

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2977-2988

  González García, Sara ^a   Salinas Mafias, Laura ^b   Garria Lozano, Raúl ^c,d   Gabarrell, Xavier ^d,e   Rieradevall, Joan ^d,e   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a   Moreira, María Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Mobles 114 ^*  (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecodesign; Lean management; Life Cycle Analysis (LCA); Publishing company; Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME); Wood bases industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923328128     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2014.336     Document Type: Article

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