Alcoa's Worldwide Life Cycle Information Initiative Aluminum Company of America

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Martchek, Kenneth J., author.

Conference Name:

Total Life Cycle Conference (1998-11-30 : Graz, Austria)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1998

Summary:

Important opportunities exist to improve the resource and environmental impacts of the automobile over its product life cycle. The use of aluminum in automobile designs is increasing, which offers ways to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions during vehicle use via light weighting. However, to fully capture lifecycle reductions in environmental loadings and impacts, material suppliers, parts manufacturers and automakers must also understand which of their own operations and facilities offer opportunities for environmental improvements through investments in process or technology advances.Quantifying these opportunities across the comprehensive life cycle of vehicle systems and components can be a challenging task because of the complexity of today's extended supply chain.For instance, even quantifying opportunities from the front end-aluminum material supply-requires gathering, verifying and acting upon information from facilities throughout the world. For instance:This paper highlights how the Aluminum Company of America is developing a new company-wide, worldwide information system to address this challenge. The aim of this worldwide information initiative is to identify environmentally significant opportunities in aluminum processing, product design, and recycling as more aluminum is incorporated into cars of the future

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Publisher Number:

982177

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license