Abstract
Environmental issues are becoming more and more important
in manufacturing, sustainable production and
environmentally benign manufacturing because of the
rising concern of climate change, depletion of natural
resources and pollution. The paper will evaluate and
compare three methods, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Value
Stream Mapping (VSM) and Discrete Event Simulation (DES)
which are used to evaluate the ecoefficiency and
environmental aspects of production and products. The
evaluation of the methods is based on the experience
obtained.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2009. |
| Place of Publication | Sapporo, Japan |
| Publisher | Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-4-88898-192-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 6th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2009 - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 7 Dec 2009 → 9 Dec 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 6th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, EcoDesign 2009 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | EcoDesign 2009 |
| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Sapporo |
| Period | 7/12/09 → 9/12/09 |
Keywords
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- discrete event simulation (DES)
- value stream mapping (VSM)
- eco-efficiency
