Title :
Environmental supply-chain management versus life cycle analysis (LCA) method Eco-Indicator ´95: a relative business perspective versus an absolute environmental perspective
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Design, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper presents the concept of environmental quality related to the supply chain of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This concept embodies an environmental performance tool, which generates a relative normalized environmental performance per supplier. Such a performance can be integrated into the supply-chain strategy related to eco-supplier development and contracting. This business approach is compared with LCA Method Eco-Indicator ´95, which generates an absolute environmental load per kilogram produced printed board related to different environmental effects. Both approaches have been applied at production facilities of printed board suppliers. Based on research results, both approaches are discussed and advantages and disadvantages are shown
Keywords :
commerce; design for environment; management; printed circuits; product development; absolute environmental load; absolute environmental perspective; contracting; eco-supplier development; environmental quality; environmental supply-chain management; life cycle analysis; original equipment manufacturer; printed board suppliers; relative business perspective; Design engineering; Environmental management; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; IEEE products; Legislation; Manufacturing industries; Production facilities; Pulp manufacturing; Supply chains; Waste materials;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5962-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2000.857635
