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The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques

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The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques. / Wrigley, Stephen; Lambert, Christopher; Rennie, Allan.
2008. Abstract from 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

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Wrigley, S, Lambert, C & Rennie, A 2008, 'The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques', 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel, Switzerland, 21/08/08 - 22/08/08. <http://www.sustainabilityconference.ch/archive/programme/isc2008-session-9-1.htm>

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Wrigley, S., Lambert, C., & Rennie, A. (2008). The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques. Abstract from 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel, Switzerland. http://www.sustainabilityconference.ch/archive/programme/isc2008-session-9-1.htm

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Wrigley S, Lambert C, Rennie A. The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques. 2008. Abstract from 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

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Wrigley, Stephen ; Lambert, Christopher ; Rennie, Allan. / The development of an innovative SME-focused toolset integrating carbon footprint calculation with lean manufacturing waste reduction techniques. Abstract from 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

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