This monograph provides a field-proven approach to analyze industrial production with a cross-company scope as well as regarding all hierarchical system levels of manufacturing enterprises. The book exemplifies this approach in the context of aluminum die casting, and presents a set of measures which allow a 30 percent energy reduction along the value chain. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.

Presents an innovative and holistic cross-company perspective on industrial value chains Includes a detailed analysis of energy resource intensities in aluminum die casting Written by an expert in the field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Introduction.- Aluminium die casting and its environmental aspects.- Existing approaches.- Multi-level multi-scale framework for enhancing energy and resource efficiency in production.- Multi-level multi-scale framework for enhancing energy and resource efficiency in aluminium die casting.- Summary and Outlook.