Energy and productivity, two sides of a coin in the U.S. auto industry

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alkadi, Nasr E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; VEHICLES;

COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUMES; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PRODUCTION SCHEDULE; PRODUCTIVITY EQUATION; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; REDUCTION OF INPUTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85072418962     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-0833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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