• DocumentCode
    3472317
  • Title

    Environmental Value Stream Mapping (EVSM) as sustainability management tool

  • Author

    Torres, A.S. ; Gati, Ana Maria

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Econ., Bus. Manage. & Accounting, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-6 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1689
  • Lastpage
    1698
  • Abstract
    From an action research type of investigation, the current paper reports the development of a managerial tool with the purpose to align the economical and environmental aspects in production process by mapping strategy. This study was applied in an Alcohol and Sugar manufacturing industry. The tool is called Environmental VSM (EVSM). After the tool development, future development alternatives are discussed.
  • Keywords
    economics; environmental factors; production engineering computing; production management; sugar; sugar industry; sustainable development; Environmental Value Stream Mapping; alcohol manufacturing industry; economical aspects; environmental aspects; production process; sugar manufacturing industry; sustainability management tool; Costs; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Information analysis; Planets; Pollution; Production; Recycling; Research and development management; Sugar industry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management of Engineering & Technology, 2009. PICMET 2009. Portland International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-890843-20-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-890843-20-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PICMET.2009.5261967
  • Filename
    5261967