Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises Concepts, Analyses and A
This book explores sustainability within manufacturing enterprises and examines the concepts and principles of this field. It also reviews the quantitative and qualitative tools available for analytic assessment. It presents a new framework for sustainabl
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Ibrahim Garbie
Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0
Green Energy and Technology
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8059
Ibrahim Garbie
Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises Concepts, Analyses and Assessments for Industry 4.0
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Ibrahim Garbie Sultan Qaboos University Muscat Oman and Helwan University Cairo Egypt
ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-29304-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29306-6
ISSN 1865-3537
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-29306-6
(eBook)
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This book is dedicated to my family— my wife Rabab; my sons, Abdelrahman and Muhammad; and my daughter, Alzahraa for their continuous support; encouragement, patience, understanding, and providing the atmosphere to accomplish this work. I will always be grateful. Also, won’t forget to send this dedication to my parents who passed away but still exist in my life.
Preface
Nowadays it is not easy to define sustainability/sustainable development (S/SD) in manufacturing enterprises exactly as it is a relatively new concept for manufacturing enterprises. Sustainability is regarded as “Industry 4.0,” representing an issue relevant to modern-day living and doing business. The main objective of this book, “Sustainability in Manufacturing Enterprises—Concepts, Analyses and Assessment for Industry 4.0,” is to support manufacturing enterprises as they move towards sustainability and/or sustainable development. What follows, therefore, is it presents advanced analyses to assess S/SD in manufacturing enterprises. The ideas in the book are primarily based on the author’s research previously published in several inte
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