Creating value with less impact: Lean, green and eco-efficiency in a metalworking industry towards a cleaner production

It is possible to create value with less environmental impact through the adoption of Lean and Green manufacturing concepts and tools. This paper proposes a Lean-Green model based on the application of the Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) combined with Carbon Footprint (CF) to analyze eco-efficiency of a machining center in a case study in Brazil. The novelty of this paper was the proposal of a Lean-Green model based on ecoefficiency...