• DocumentCode
    3536044
  • Title

    Greening the automotive reverse supply chain

  • Author

    Shaan, R.S. ; Subramoniam, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Bus. Adm., Coll. of Eng., Trivandrum, India
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    18-20 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    198
  • Lastpage
    202
  • Abstract
    The world is heading towards energy crisis and to tackle this burning global dilemma, collective efforts are highly welcomed to make the environment Green. Manufacturers around the globe are in search of stupendous strategies in production which can eliminate factors that are harmful to the environment. Increasing attention has been paid on Reverse Logistics over the last so many years in order to tap the business potential and overcome environmental hazard. The purpose of this article is to conduct a review on the key elements, green initiatives among various countries and also the research possibilities in the area of remanufacturing in the automotive industry.
  • Keywords
    automobile industry; environmental factors; hazards; reverse logistics; supply chains; automotive industry; automotive reverse supply chain; energy crisis; environmental hazard; global dilemma; greening; remanufacturing; reverse logistics; Automotive engineering; Companies; Green products; Industries; Reverse logistics; Supply chains; Green practices; Reman; Supply Chain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Green Technologies (ICGT), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Trivandrum
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2635-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICGT.2012.6477972
  • Filename
    6477972