Essays about: "lean green Thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words lean green Thesis.

1. 1. Mining for Whose Future? The Recycling of Narratives for Continuous Extraction : A discursive study of the Gállok mine

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Julia Engström; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Justice; Sámi rights; Gállok; Critical Discourse Analysis; Green growth; Green transition; Mining;

   Abstract : The Exploitation of land for economic growth has been an ongoing issue for locals’ rights to land, especially indigenous people. In Sweden, EU’s largest producer of Iron ore, the conflict between the State, indigenous Sámi, and mining industries have caused many controversies over the years, where mining projects repeatedly infringe upon land inhabited by Sámi. READ MORE

3. 2. Green and Circular Capital Investments in Production Industry

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar produktionsutveckling (ML)

   Author : Filip Magnusson; [2022]
   Keywords : Green design; Capital investment design; Production system design; Circular investments; Grön design; Design kapitalinvesteringar; Design produktionssystem; Cirkulära investeringar;

   Abstract : As the concept of sustainability and environmentalism is growing due to new customer demand and regulations, production industry is facing extreme challenges in rethinking their processes and implement sustainability measures. Several companies are taking reactive measures where changes are made on the shopfloor in form of altered operations. READ MORE

4. 3. Evaluation of two different transport options for freight of heavy battery cells : a case study

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Malin Andersson; Sara Fridhagen; [2022]
   Keywords : supply chain; sustainability; Lean; battery electric vehicle; transport; filling rate; truck; train; dangerous goods; tied-up capital;

   Abstract : With the change that is taking place in the automotive industry, where production goes from producing internal combustion motor vehicles (ICE) to battery electric vehicles (BEV), this will lead to an increase in transportation of batteries. Batteries are components that are heavy, expensive, and classified as dangerous goods, which means higher demands on transport. READ MORE

5. 4. Implementation of Green and Lean manufacturing in post processing activities : A qualitative case study at a barrier coating facility

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Daniel Tagesson; Isak Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Green manufacturing; Lean manufacturing; Waste management; Total Quality Management;

   Abstract : To reach the sustainable development goals of agenda 2030, mankind must continuously work towards developing sustainable industrial processes. The concept of Total Quality Management, Lean/Green manufacturing has been frequently applied separately, but studies indicate that the combination of the concepts can yield synergically benefits from an economic and environmental perspective. READ MORE

6. 5. EFFICIENT & SUSTAINABLE RECYCLING PROCESSES : Support for decision-making towards improved efficiency and sustainability performance

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Rebecka Gullberg; Rebecka Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Lean Green; Discrete event simulation; Recycling process; Efficiency Sustainability; Trade-off; Lean Green; Simulering; Återvinningsprocess; Effektivitet Hållbarhet; Kompromiss;

   Abstract : Background With large amounts of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the waste streams, recycling of PVC and more sustainable processes have become increasingly important. The sustainable development of processes has received a lot of attention in the last decades because of the increasing environmental threat. READ MORE