Introduction to Green Manufacturing / David Dornfeld, Chris Yuan, Nancy Diaz, Teresa Zhang -- The Social, Business, and Policy Environment for Green Manufacturing / Hazel Onsrud, Rachel Simon -- Metrics for Green Manufacturing / Corinne Reich-Weiser, Rachel Simon, Timo Fleschutz, Chris Yuan -- Green Supply Chain / Yifen Chen, Rachel Simon, Corinne Reich-Weiser, Justin Woo -- Principles of Green Manufacturing / Moneer Helu, David Dornfeld -- Closed-Loop Production Systems / Athulan Vijayaraghavan, Chris Yuan, Nancy Diaz, Timo Fleschutz -- Semiconductor Manufacturing / Sarah Boyd, David Dornfeld -- Environmental Implications of Nano-manufacturing / Chris Yuan, Teresa Zhang -- Green Manufacturing Through Clean Energy Supply / Chris Yuan -- Packaging and the Supply Chain: A Look at Transportation / Rachel Simon, Yifen Chen -- Enabling Technologies for Assuring Green Manufacturing / Athulan Vijayaraghavan, Moneer Helu -- Concluding Remarks and Observations About the Future / David Dornfeld.
Green Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications introduces the basic definitions and issues surrounding green manufacturing at the process, machine and system (including supply chain) levels. It also shows, by way of several examples from different industry sectors, the potential for substantial improvement and the paths to achieve the improvement. Additionally, this book discusses regulatory and government motivations for green manufacturing and outlines the path for making manufacturing more green as well as making production more sustainable