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Positive trends and opportunities for sustainable design in operations management textbooks - With examples from the electronics industry
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Positive trends and opportunities for sustainable design in operations management textbooks - With examples from the electronics industry

Julie Ann Stuart Williams
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, pp.57-60
IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment-ISEE
IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (Orlando, FL, USA, 05/07/2007–05/10/2007)
01/01/2007
Web of Science ID: WOS:000248562400012

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Abstract

In recent editions of operations management textbooks, sections have been added on topics related to sustainable design. Many of the textbook discussions illustrate design for environment, remanufacturing, and recycling with examples from the electronics industry. Building on this positive trend, this paper points out how educators can further enhance student learning by expanding existing exercises and discussions with additional resources. The paper concludes with a call to integrate sustainable design concepts into, operations management and other non-environmental engineering fields that impact product design.

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