Positive Trends and Opportunities for Sustainable Design in Operations Management Textbooks With Examples from the Electronics Industry

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Stuart Williams, J.A. 
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola 

This paper appears in: Electronics & the Environment, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on
Issue Date: 7-10 May 2007
On page(s): 57 - 60
Location: Orlando, FL
ISSN: 1095-2020
Print ISBN: 1-4244-0861-X
INSPEC Accession Number: 9835081
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ISEE.2007.369367
Date of Current Version: 04 June 2007

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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