Material Efficiency Measurement: Empirical Investigation of Manufacturing Industry

Procedia Manufacturing

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages 112-120

  Shahbazi, Sasha ^a   Salloum, Mohammed ^a   Kurdve, Martin ^a   Wiktorsson, Magnus ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

manufacturing; Material efficiency; performance indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015670734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519789     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2017.02.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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