The primary teaching objective of this case is to give students a basic understanding of Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) and the issues involved when integrating life-cycle tools into the product design process.

AT&T used "classic" total quality management techniques to eliminate an environmental hazard--the toxic chemical TCA--from its Columbus Works plant. Students prepare a process flow diagram identifying where the plant was at risk--or could eliminate risk--from TCA and to decide how AT&T should measure the plant's progress toward total quality management. Students discover that many of TCA's effects were far downstream from the design stage and that insufficient information was fed back to product and process engineers.

The leaders of the recycling group of a major German automobile manufacturer analyze two questions: how, if at all, should BMW modify the take-back infrastructure; and how should the company handle recovered scrap materials?

The leaders of the recycling group of a major German automobile manufacturer analyze two questions: how, if at all, should BMW modify the take-back infrastructure; and how should the company handle recovered scrap materials?

The Dow Chemical Company case provides an overview of the WRAP (Waste Reduction Always Pays) program.

The Dow Chemical Company case provides an overview of the WRAP (Waste Reduction Always Pays) program.

Charts the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Utilities Division at Kodak Park and deals with the issues of implementing new programs in an era of downsizing, the problems associated with developing long-term preventive.

The case introduces students to environmental management in the fields of Logistics and Organizational Behavior, and the challenges of transferring corporate values between countries.

Covers the strategic, organizational, and operational decisions facing the environmental manager of Honda of America's two manufacturing plants.

This case analyses how large companies like IKEA can retain their entrepreneurial roots and innovative capacities.

This business case study shows students why there may not always be a bottom-line business case for environmental improvements.