Green brick, a sustainable innovation, is not only eco-friendly but also a saviour of environment as it utilises waste material generated by other industrial sectors, e.g., fly ash. However, for it to serve the cause of sustainability it needs to be adopted by industry and consumer. Despite it being a meritorious product its adoption by consumers in India is sparse and reasons are scarcely investigated. Literature review reveals that well accepted constructs of innovation adoption are seldom used for investigating adoption of sustainable innovation. Considering the need and scarcity of literature, this study attempts to identify factors affecting consumers' adoption of green brick innovation. Factor analysis of 472 responses resulted in six factors. Multiple regression analysis is conducted to examine the effects of identified factors on adoption. The findings are expected to assist in improving adoption of green brick and consequently in increasing utilisation of waste material such as fly ash.Keywords: sustainable innovation adoption; sustainable innovation commercialisation; green brick adoption; waste utilisation management.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Loya, M.I.M. and Rawani, A.M. (2017) 'Adoption factors for green brick innovation: an empirical study of consumers in India', Int.

The main objective of this paper is to find out the various applications of Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) in Indian industries. SMED is a theory and set of techniques that make it possible to perform equipment setup and changeover operations within 10 minutes. SMED was developed by Dr. Shigeo Shingo in Japan. Several researchers, explained various applications of SMED likes in press machine shop, automobile industry, PVC manufacturing industry, crankshaft manufacturing industry, stamping industry, welding industry, Small Scale Industry, CNC manufacturing industry, injection molding machine in packaging industry, punching machine in gear manufacturing industry, steel industry, machine tool industry, diesel engine manufacturing industry, shaping machine in gear manufacturing industry, garment industry, bearing manufacturing industry, forging industry, CNC shaping industry, radiator, compressor and HVAC manufacturing industry, Diesel injection systems. The search process was focused on research papers, from various journals through a different electronic database. The total of 49 research papers is reviewed from various journals. In this paper, an attempt has been made to state, the various applications of SMED in Indian industries. After the findings various applications of SMED it is concluded that SMED is a versatile technique which is suitable for any industry to reduce setup time and change over time.