The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 200, Issue , 2018, Pages 170-180

  Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^a   Kumar, Vikas ^b   Chaikittisilp, Sariya ^c   Tan, Kim Hua ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomation; Environmental performance; Green lean; JIT; Kaizen continuous improvement; SEM; TPM; VSM

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; LEAN PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUTONOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREEN LEAN; KAIZEN/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; MANUFACTURING ORGANISATIONS; SEQUENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (SEM); TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85044851068     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.03.030     Document Type: Article

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