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
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