Assessing sustainability and value of manufacturing processes: A case in the aerospace industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-182

  Hallstedt, Sophie I ^a   Bertoni, Marco ^a   Isaksson, Ola ^b  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GKN Aerospace   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Conceptual design; Engineering design; Strategic sustainability assessment; Value assessment

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

AEROSPACE; DECISION MAKING IN DESIGN; DESIGN DECISION SUPPORTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; NET PRESENT VALUE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; VALUE ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84981494477     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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