Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0 /

• Main Author: Garbie, Ibrahim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.; Energy Economics.

This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field. It also reviews the quantitative and qualitative tools available for analytic assessment. It presents a new framework for sustainable manufacturing requirements and discusses th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• International and Globalization Issues
• Emerging Issues
• Innovation
• Designing Manufacturing Systems
• Reconfiguring Manufacturing Systems
• Manufacturing Complexity
• Competitive Advantages of Manufacturing Strategies
• Performance Evaluation
• Management for Sustainability
• Assessment of Economic Sustainability
• Social Sustainability
• Environmental Sustainability
• Awareness of Manufacturing Sustainability
• Practices of Manufacturing Sustainability
• Sustainability Assessment in “Micro-Level”
• Sustainability Assessment in “Macro-Level”
• Optimization in Sustainability
• Roadmap for Sustainable Development Strategy
• Sustainability as a Service
• Education for Sustainability.