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A ”unit process” is one or more grouped operations in a manufacturing system that can be defined and separated from others.

In life-cycle assessment (LCA) and ISO 14040,^[1] a unit process is defined as “smallest element considered in the life cycle inventory analysis for which input and output data are quantified”.

References

1. ^ ISO Online Browsing Platform (OBP)-ISO 14040:2006(en)

See also

• Unit operation

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