Thousands of small and medium scale industries are present in India. All are facing certain problems resulting in shortage of production and quality issues. This case study deals with the kaizen implementation in an industry in an assembly line in India that manufactures front and rear axle for heavy and medium vehicles. Kaizen technique has tremendous effect on operations of a firm, including ...

SUMMARY: The disposal of fly ashes from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) is becoming a growing environmental issue in Europe. In order to avoid landfilling and recycle MSWI fly ashes, initiatives aim to recycle them in cement production. While numerous studies have analyzed the impact of MSWI ashes application on the concrete quality and the leaching of potentially hazardous heavy meta...

one of the major environmental problems in the world, especially in iran is deficiency of water resources. this with respect to the entrance of wastewater (especially industrial wastewaters due to their toxic effects) into the water bodies emphasizes the importance of wastewater treatment. heavy metals such as cadmium, lead and vanadium are part of oil and hence are of the major pollutants prod...

Environmental disclosure has gained momentum in the past decades due to increasing pressure from different stakeholders, especially Chinese practice. In background, previous research focused on financial performance of environmental information disclosure, and little literature discussed nexus between costs. The paper made an initial attempt link aspects costs (i.e., quality, enterprise size, m...