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This text introduces the basic definitions, constraints and issues surrounding green manufacturing at the process, machine and system levels, including the supply chain. It uses examples from different industry sectors to address potential for improvement.

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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.
This book also:

Discusses new engineering approaches for manufacturing and provides a path from traditional manufacturing to green manufacturing

Addresses regulatory and economic issues surrounding green manufacturing

Details new supply chains that need to be in place before going green

Includes state-of-the-art case studies in the areas of automotive, semiconductor and medical areas as well as in the supply chain and packaging areas

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Introduction to Green Manufacturing.- The Social, Business & Policy Environment for Green Manufacturing.- Metrics for Green Manufacturing.- Green Supply Chain.- Principles of Green Manufacturing.- Closed-Loop Production Systems.- Semiconductor Manufacturing.- Environmental Implications of Nano-manufacturing.- Green Manufacturing through Clean Energy Supply.- Packaging and the Supply Chain: A Look at Transportation.- Enabling Technologies for Assuring Green Manufacturing.-Concluding Remarks and Observations about the Future.

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