EcoProduction
2013
EcoProduction and LogisticsEmerging Trends and Business PracticesEditors:

• Paulina Golinska
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ISBN: 978-3-642-23552-8 (Print) 978-3-642-23553-5  (Online)



Emerging Trends and Business Practices

Series: EcoProduction

Golinska, Paulina (Ed.)


2012, XI, 326 p. 121 illus.


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ISBN 978-3-642-23553-5

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About this book

• Emphasizes the crucial aspects of implementation of the environmental conscious manufacturing practice to existing industrial systems
•                                         Provides practical application of tools and methods for solving business practice problems
•                                         Includes case studies which guide readers in areas outside of their expertise
  

Environmental awareness is driven mainly by the scarcity of natural resources and by more strict legal regulations. The modern enterprise policy should look at the relations between economic actions and ecological consequences. Ecoproduction is a new business approach which focuses on the most efficient and productive use of raw materials and natural resources in order to minimize footprints on the natural environment. This book aims to provide the state- of- the- art as well as new ideas of the environmental conscious operations management. The contributors present in the individual chapters problems related to: eco-friendly production technologies; recycling and waste reduction. Scope of topics discussed in this book covers also pollution prevention, energy efficiency. The authors describe problems of information management in complex systems