Sustainable Operations in India

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chakraborty, Ayon (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kumar Gouda, Sirish (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gajanand, M. S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Managing the Asian Century,
• Subjects: Production management.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Manufactures.; Operations Management.; Sustainability Management.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes.

This book focuses on understanding the status quo of sustainable practices in industry operations from an emerging economy perspective, presenting various practices in India. In order to offer a balance between theory and practice, it provides guidelines for applying models to achieve the goal of su...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Module 1: Sustainable Manufacturing Management
• Chapter 2: Sustainable Manufacturing: Dalmia Cement Plant
• Chapter 3: Pioneering Change: Sustainability at Bosch Chassis Systems (Case study)
• Chapter 4: Remanufacturing: An India-China Comparison (Based on secondary sources)
• Chapter 5: Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Manufacturing
• Module 2: Sustainable Process Management
• Chapter 6: Sustainable Maintenance
• Chapter 7: Modelling factors influencing lean concept adoption in a food processing SME for ensuring sustainability
• Module 3: Sustainable Logistics Management.- Chapter 8: Sustainable freight transportation
• Chapter 9: Logistics cost reduction and sustainability
• Chapter 10: Routing of vehicles to minimize fuel consumption: A mathematical model
• Chapter 11: Conclusion.