Environmental Issues in Automotive Industry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Golinska, Paulina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing,
• Subjects: Environment.; Production management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Sustainable Development.; Operations Management.

The automotive industry is one of the most environmental aware manufacturing sectors.  Product take-back regulations influence design of the vehicles, production technologies but also the configuration of automotive reverse supply chains. The business practice comes every year closer to the closed l...

Table of Contents:

• Sustainability in automotive industry
• Environmental friendly practices in the automotive industry
• A declarative approach to new product development in the automotive industry
• What is influencing the sustainable attitude of the automobile industry
• Sustainability Issues for Vehicles and Fleet Vehicles Using Hybrid and Assistive Technologies
• Tools and methods for greener decision making
• Diagnostics systems as a tool to reduce and monitor gas emissions from combustion engines
• Reachability of multimodal processes cyclic steady states space
• Decision support in automotive supply chain management – declarative and operational research approach
• The Design and the Improvement of Reverse Logistics for Discarded Tires in Japan
• Recovery of end-of-life vehicles.