Environmental Issues in Automotive Industry

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Golinska, Paulina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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