Maintenance Quality and Environmental Performance Improvement: An Integrated Approach

2009 ◽  
pp. 649-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Raouf
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Integrated Approach

scholarly journals Sustainability-oriented cross-functional collaboration to manage trade-offs and interdependencies

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Szalavetz
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Corporate Environmental Performance ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Corporate Environmental Sustainability

Abstract Despite a consensus view in the literature about the importance of cross-functional collaboration (CFC) for corporate environmental performance improvement, there is a dearth of studies that explain how exactly sustainability-oriented CFC can foster this objective. The purpose of this paper is to explain the role of CFC in corporate environmental performance improvement. We do this by undertaking two rounds of literature review, developing a proposition after the first round and by collecting illuminative real-life examples that illustrate our arguments in the second round. We propose and illustrate that CFC can effectively address two systemic properties of corporate environmental performance: trade-offs and interdependencies among different aspects of corporate environmental sustainability. If left unaddressed, these systemic specifics would result in organizational, managerial, and behavioral outcomes, such as inertia, opposition to change, lack of information, and so on, which would turn into effective barriers to corporate environmental performance improvement. put CFC addresses these barriers through information sharing, knowledge building, and interest reconciliation.

Low Environmental Impact Machining Processes of Free Cutting Austenitic Stainless Steels without Lead Addition

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1923-1926
Author(s):  
Zhuang Li ◽  
Di Wu ◽  
Wei Lv
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steels ◽  
Machining Processes ◽  
Machine Operators ◽  
Chip Breakage ◽  
Lead Addition ◽  
Better Than

Environmental protection is a growing concern for many industries today. This paper shows manufacturing environmental performance improvement for free cutting steel products. Inclusions have the characteristics of sulfur and bismuth in free cutting austenitic stainless steels without lead addition. Machinable additives lead to improved chip breakage, and thus reduced tool wear. The machinability of free cutting austenitic stainless steels without lead addition is much better than that of conventional austenitic stainless steel. Bismuth can replace lead because lead is a harmful factor for environment and machine operators' health. The reduction of environmentally harmful substances such as lead was performed. A feasible combination of free-cutting additives should yield a stainless steel product with acceptable machining and mechanical properties.

Environmental Performance Improvement of Railway Structural System Using Ladder Track

2003 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Okuda ◽  
Kiyoshi Asanuma ◽  
Nobuyuki Matsumoto ◽  
Hajime Wakui
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Structural System
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