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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298199003321

Titolo

Sustainable Operations in India / / edited by Ayon Chakraborty, Sirish Kumar Gouda, M. S. Gajanand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-8010-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Managing the Asian Century, , 2364-5857

Disciplina

658

Soggetti

Production management

Industrial management - Environmental aspects

Manufactures

Operations Management

Sustainability Management

Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 sustainability in this competitive environment. The chapters include theoretical perspectives, models and empirical evidence on sustainable practices from Indian industries. The book also presents a scholarly perspective on sustainable operations from various researchers and practitioners in India for a global audience in academia and industry.