Journal
CIRP ANNALS-MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages 29-32Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2010.03.004
Keywords
Manufacturing; Energy; Environment
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Manufacturing energy efficiency has become a key concern due to increasing energy costs and their associated environmental impact. It is important however, that investigations into the embodied energy of a product be in the context of global manufacturing rather than energy efficiency related to a particular product life cycle. This paper presents a model to assess the impact of global manufacturing on the embodied energy of products. Six different products manufactured from various raw materials in a global manufacturing network were used to carry out the assessment. The results show that product, material and key supply chain parameters play a crucial role. (C) 2010 CIRP.
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