@inproceedings{17ec3eae110d4313962d8ebf2a8bbc1b,
title = "Comparison of the resource efficiency of alternative process chains for surface hardening",
abstract = "As negative implications of resource exploitation and further undesirable ecological developments, e.g. climate change, increase, companies are confronted with novel challenges. Especially during the production stage of a product's lifecycle companies have the possibility to influence the resource consumption by choosing the most efficient process chain for a certain manufacturing task. To compare accumulated resource flows of different process chains, a new valuation method using a resource efficiency index was developed. Exemplarily, this paper will analyze the resource consumption of two alternative process chains for surface hardening of a workpiece resembling a guide rail.",
keywords = "Machining, Production planning, Sustainable manufacturing",
author = "Gunther Reinhart and Saskia Reinhardt and Tobias F{\"o}ckerer and Z{\"a}h, {Michael F.}",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-19692-8_54",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642196911",
series = "Glocalized Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 18th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media, LLC",
pages = "311--316",
booktitle = "Glocalized Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 18th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering",
}