Environmental supply-chain management versus life cycle analysis (LCA) method Eco-Indicator ´95: a relative business perspective versus an absolute environmental perspective

Author

Nagel, M.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Design, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

123

Abstract

This paper presents the concept of environmental quality related to the supply chain of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This concept embodies an environmental performance tool, which generates a relative normalized environmental performance per supplier. Such a performance can be integrated into the supply-chain strategy related to eco-supplier development and contracting. This business approach is compared with LCA Method Eco-Indicator ´95, which generates an absolute environmental load per kilogram produced printed board related to different environmental effects. Both approaches have been applied at production facilities of printed board suppliers. Based on research results, both approaches are discussed and advantages and disadvantages are shown

Keywords

commerce; design for environment; management; printed circuits; product development; absolute environmental load; absolute environmental perspective; contracting; eco-supplier development; environmental quality; environmental supply-chain management; life cycle analysis; original equipment manufacturer; printed board suppliers; relative business perspective; Design engineering; Environmental management; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; IEEE products; Legislation; Manufacturing industries; Production facilities; Pulp manufacturing; Supply chains; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2000. ISEE 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5962-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2000.857635

Filename

857635