Green Lean in Services

• Authors: Małgorzata Szymańska-Brałkowska , Grzegorz Zieliński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study presents the basic aspects of the improvement of the company using Green Lean concept. The authors refer to the basics of this concept, present its theoretical aspects together with a review of possible actions to eliminate the green waste. All these considerations refer to the service activities of any kind in order to maintain holistic approach of the research. The results of the conducted study concentrate on the elimination of green waste in evaluated service companies.

Keywords

EN

Green Lean; green wastes; service companies

• Publisher: Wydział Zarządzania - Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Zarządzanie i Finanse
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 83-91

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Szymańska-Brałkowska

• Ph.D., Unit of Quality and Environmental Management, Department of Enterprises Economies, Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, Armii Krajowej 101, 81-824 Sopot

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Grzegorz Zieliński

• Ph.D. Eng., Department of Operational Management Engineering, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk

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