Advances in Life Cycle Engineering for Sustainable Manufacturing Businesses Proceedings of the 14th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, June 11th–13th, 2007 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takata, Shozo (Editor), Umeda, Yasushi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.

Life cycle engineering deals with technologies for shifting the industry from mass production and mass consumption paradigm to closed loop manufacturing paradigm, in which required functions are provided for customers with the minimum amount of production. This subject is discussed from the various...