Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Environmental Planning and Management -- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) -- The Road to EMS -- Environmental Action Box -- Hybrid Cars -- Chapter 2 Sustainable Manufacturing -- Sustainable Development -- Strategies for Sustainable Manufacturing -- Environmental Action Box -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing -- Why Reverse Logistics? -- Environmental Action Box -- Recycling -- Recycling Statistics -- Total Units Shipped (billion units) -- Total Units Recycled (billion units) -- Post-Consumer Recycling Rate (%) -- Environmental Action Box -- International Paper (IP) -- Inverse Manufacturing -- Remanufacturing -- Design for Environment -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The IS0 14000 Model -- IS0 14000 Series -- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) -- Planning -- Implementation and Operation -- Checking and Corrective Actions -- Management Review -- Environmental Auditing -- Environmental Labeling -- Environmental Performance Evaluation -- Life Cycle Assessment -- Terms and Definitions -- Competing through Environmental Management Systems -- Revisions of IS0 14001 -- Implementing IS0 14001 -- The Consumer and IS0 14000 -- Environmental Action Box A Case study on Polaroid Corporation -- A Case Study on the Dutch Airline KLM12 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Environmental Planning -- Strategic Environmental Management -- Environmental Planning Framework -- Plan (Strategy formulation) -- Do (Strategy implementation on a small scale) -- Check (Strategy evaluation and control) -- Act (Strategy implementation on a full scale) -- Understanding Environmental Problems -- Organizational Culture and Environmental Planning -- Listening to the Voice of the Stakeholder -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Life Cycle Assessment -- Introduction.

Definition -- Three Components of Life Cycle Assessment -- Life Cycle Inventory Analysis -- Problems with Life Cycle Inventory Analysis -- Life Cycle Impact Assessment -- Measuring Environmental Impacts -- Classification and Characterization -- Analysis of the Use of AHP -- Life Cycle Improvement Analysis -- Design for Environment -- The Use of Life Cycle Assessment -- Strategic Planning for Life Cycle Assessment -- Strategic Framework for Life Cycle Assessment -- Preplanning -- Evaluation or Impact Assessment -- Action ImplementatiordImprovement Analysis -- Life Cycle Cost Assessment -- Environmental Action Box A CASE STUDY ON LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Chapter 7 Design for the Environment - Part I -- Reduced Cycle Time -- Reduced Costs -- Improved Products -- Reduced Regulatory Concerns -- Reduced Future Liability -- Improved Market Position -- Improved Environmental Performance -- Social Responsibility Function -- Design Strategies -- Design Team -- Stakeholder Requirements -- Environmental Quality Dimensions -- Pareto Chart -- Ishikawa Diagram -- Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- Goal -- Criteria -- Decision Alternatives -- References -- Chapter 8 Design for the Environment - Part I1 -- Concurrent Engineering -- Vertical vs. Horizontal Product or Process Realization -- Horizontal Product Realization Process -- Quality Function Deployment (QFD) -- Green Design Framework -- Design for Six Sigma -- Measurement Issues in Six Sigma -- Approaches for Six Sigma Projects -- Six Sigma and QFD -- Implementing Six Sigma with QFD -- Lean Six Sigma -- An Example of Six Sigma Application -- References -- Chapter 9 Manufacturing Strategies: Agile, Lean and Flow Manufacturing -- Agile Manufacturing -- The Organization as a Change System -- Management of Change -- Product Development -- Natural Environment.

CustomerlSupplierNendor Relationship -- Agile Manufacturing vs. World Class Manufacturing -- Lean Manufacturing -- The Thrust of Lean Manufacturing -- Just-In-Time -- Total Quality Control -- Total Productive Maintenance -- Flow Manufacturing -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management -- Effective Use of Risk Assessment -- How is Risk Assessment Affected? -- Environmental Action Box Case Study on Bristol-Myers Squibb -- General Electric (GE) and the pollution of Housatonic River -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Competing on Environmental Management -- The Social Responsibility Function -- Product Stewardship -- Supplier Participation in Environmental Practice -- Product Stewardship Practice -- Strategies for Product Stewardship -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.