Grey Decision Making as a tool for the classification of the sustainability level of remanufacturing companies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-40

  Golinska, Paulina ^a   Kosacka, Monika ^a   Mierzwiak, Rafal ^a   Werner Lewandowska, Karolina ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Grey Decision Making (GDM); Operational excellence; Performance indicators; Remanufacturing process; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREY DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; REMANUFACTURING PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84938149996     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.040     Document Type: Article

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