Design for the environment (DfE) has been recognized as one of the most important practices for achieving sustainability. One major challenge in DfE implementation is how to effectively deal with the mix of the both the desirable outputs (to maintain or improve traditional product attributes)...

Many people assume that Japanese management practices, the Toyota Production System, have been whole-heartedly implemented by American automakers for more than two decades. However, the recent financial and operational crises faced by American automakers indicate that a performance gap still...

Green product development, which addresses environmental issues through product design and innovation as opposed to the traditional end-of-pipe-control approach, is receiving significant attention from customers, industries, and governments around the world. In this paper we develop a...

This paper analyzes the impacts of different pollution control policies on a firm's decisions of production planning and inventory control. Based on a stochastic model with both demand and environmental uncertainties, we derive the optimal policies of production planning and inventory control...