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
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