期刊名称：Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
印刷版ISSN：2222-2855
电子版ISSN：2222-2855
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：7
页码：130-138
语种：English
出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：This paper shows a model to conduct an empirical study in Malaysian automotive industry in order to improve their sustainable performance. The problems of sustainability are becoming a global concern by many manufacturing companies especially in automotive industry. The sustainability research in this study targets the measures and studies at the three basic elemental levels involved; environmental, economic and social. The presented review categorizes the literature into three main research areas; sustainable manufacturing practices, sustaining lean improvements, and sustainable performance. Also, the text attempts to draw the link between these research themes, expose any relationship and inter-relationships, and discuss the physics behind some of the sustainability models presented to analyze the automotive sustainability.
关键词：Sustainable Manufacturing Practices; Sustaining Lean Improvements; Sustainable Performance; Automotive Industry
