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Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise pp 45–82Cite as

The Transition to Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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In this chapter, we provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in sustainable product development and manufacturing and of the challenges in ubiquitous adoption of sustainable development practices in business. Environmental and business sustainability are examined in a holistic framework underscoring their interdependence on both spatial and temporal scales. We review the evolutionary rise in sustainability awareness including the development of methodologies for the assessment and development of sustainable products/manufacturing.

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We would like to thank Professor Feryal Erhun of the Management Science and Engineering Department at Stanford University for her valuable review comments that helped us improve the content and readability of thepaper.

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Carlson, R.C., Rafinejad, D. (2011). The Transition to Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing. In: Kempf, K., Keskinocak, P., Uzsoy, R. (eds) Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 151. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6485-4_4

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