The healthcare environment aims at improving and quality in health management, with trends and practices in hospitals, institutions, clinics, laboratories and companies in this segment, with the purpose of bringing more comfort and better conditions in the care of patients. Faced with the difficulties of this area, it becomes increasingly important to reduce waste and improve processes. The goal of this paper is to carry out a systematic review of literature on the topic lean manufacturing in healthcare. The data were obtained from four online databases Web of Science, Science Direct, Emerald Insight and Scopus. Articles indexed in the last 10 years were selected (2006-2016). To select articles, an advanced search was performed using the Boolean expression "E" that combined keywords for better specific results. Professionals working in the health segment will have the concepts and applied techniques, in addition to the work indexed in recent years, which will facilitate the research and development of the work, translating into increased efficiency and ultimately, improvement for the population. Despite the importance of the theme, there are few lean manufacturing jobs applied in the healthcare environment. This research can stimulate future studies due to its applicability for the improvement of health services.
Goal: this paper goal is presenting sustainability experiences using Life Cycle Assessment perspective in two Latin America higher education institutions (HEI). What similarities do these HEI have in common regarding sustainability? What are the major challenges they face? In which way is Circular Economy effective on university campuses? Since universities face challenges posed by a changing and competitive environment, there ought to be sustainable management that is more appropriate to higher education institutions’ real environment, which is characterized by complexity, paradoxes, ambiguities, and conflicts.
Methodology/Approach: Multiple Case Study. A resilience threshold of global ecosystem should be considered. Ecosystem dynamics require effort in mapping its functions.
Results: the results considered that the difference between environmental approach failure and success lies in knowing how to realign their strategic plans.
Limitations of the investigation: comparing private and public HEI and different levels of education (technical, undergraduate and graduate courses).
Practical implication: the practical implication leads to an understanding that Circular Economy in HEI can be perceived as a guideline to innovation towards a more sustainable economy.
Originality/value: the originality/value of this work is the ability of enabling scientists to empathize with both Brazıl and Colombia’s LCA perspectives in HEI.
As Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) têm um papel relevante no despertar da consciência ambiental e formação de um pensamento crítico dos futuros profissionais, a fim de propiciar um ambiente adequado ao desenvolvimento de uma realidade sustentável e de que os alunos se constituam sujeitos coletivos e voltados à participação efetiva nos processos sociais. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo tem como objetivo demonstrar a importância do desenvolvimento de práticas e iniciativas sustentáveis nas Instituições de Ensino Superior, investigando a gestão com responsabilidade socioambiental, através de disciplinas e projetos, que tratem da temática da sustentabilidade dentro da instituição de ensino em questão. Ao incentivar projetos e práticas sustentáveis que colaborem com a educação ambiental, as IES poderão contribuir para a formação de um novo modelo de cultura institucional, que se baseia na mudança do comportamento de indivíduos de uma comunidade frente ao uso dos recursos ambientais.
This article examines the inefficient use of resources in the Brazilian transportation system. The energy use growth and external cost generation in this essential economic sector are considerable, and the trend is towards an increasing problem in the coming years. The continued expansion of Brazilian cities and the increase in demand for mobility is a result of a substantial growth in the number of road transport users, as increased earnings enable lower income groups to acquire and use individual motorized means of transport. The aim of this paper is to estimate the potential gains from reducing individual motorized transport by the year 2020. This investigation concludes that in a conservationist scenario, by prioritizing low cost, low technology public policies-which include operation of Bus Rapid Transit systems, walking and cycling facilities and congestion charges, among others-it should be possible to save over USD 30 billion and USD 26 billion in external transportation and infrastructure costs, respectively, up to 2020. In addition, these public policies can save more than 35 million Tons of Oil Equivalents in energy consumption and avoid almost 4,000 thousand tons of local pollution emissions and 37,500 thousand tons of GHG emissions in the same period.
OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2012, 5 836
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