Improving Profitability Through Green Manufacturing - Creating a Profitable Environmentally Compliant Manufacturing

Informationen zum Autor DAVID R. HILLIS, PhD, has more than thirty-five years of experience in academia and private industry. Currently he is an independent consultant who works with manufacturers to maximize productivity and minimize waste. Hillis is coauthor of Manufacturing Processes: Materials, Productivity, and Lean Strategies; Manufacturing Processes: Automation, Materials, and Packaging; and Waste Reduction Strategies for Fiberglass Fabricators. J. BARRY DuVALL, PhD, has more than forty years of experience in industry and academia. He is currently a full Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University. He has taught courses in many areas including productivity improvement, manufacturing processes and materials, digital communication, and technology management. Dr. DuVall is the author or coauthor of Contemporary Manufacturing Processes; Manufacturing Processes: Materials, Productivity, and Lean Strategies; Manufacturing Processes: Automation, Materials, and Packaging; and Getting the Message: the Technology of Communications. Klappentext Manufacturers can be green and highly profitable at the same timeProfits do not have to be sacrificed to environmental responsibility, or vice versa. Following this book's tested and proven approach, readers discover how to create and operate manufacturing facilities that are highly profitable while meeting or exceeding the environmental standards of their local community, state, and federal governments. The authors' approach is broad in scope, setting forth the roles and responsibilities of organizational functions such as marketing, product design, manufacturing technology, management, and human resources.The book begins with an overview explaining why profitability and green manufacturing must be viewed as a single objective.Next, the book becomes a "how to" guide to creating and maintaining an environmentally compliant and profitable manufacturing operation, with chapters covering:* Manufacturing, waste, and regeneration* Building a decision-making model* Environmental regulation, standards, and profitability* Case studies* Tools used to improve manufacturing operations* The facility* Applying the profitable and compliant process chartThe final chapter is dedicated to a step-by-step approach in the application and use of the profitable and compliant process chart, a core working tool discussed in the book. In this chapter, several actual manufacturing applications, along with their worksheets, are presented to illustrate how this approach can minimize resources and waste. Armed with this comprehensive systems approach, readers will no longer view profitability and green manufacturing as two opposing goals. Instead, they'll have the tools and knowledge needed to create and maintain a manufacturing operation that is both profitable and green. Zusammenfassung This book shows that green manufacturing can be profitable, outlining step by step how to create and maintain an environmentally compliant and profitable manufacturing operation. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv 1 MANUFACTURING 1 Introduction 1 Manufacturing Sequence 2 Product Life Cycles-There's More Than One 3 Life Cycle Analysis 4 Potential for Waste and Value Added in Manufacturing 9 Vertically versus Horizontally Integrated Manufacturing 11 Waste and Its Unexpected Sources 13 The First Source of Waste 14 The Second Source of Waste 17 The Third Source of Waste 19 A New Product-First Phase for Waste Reduction 20 Existing Products-Second Phase for Waste Reduction 22 Regeneration 24 Life Cycle of the Manufacturing Facility 25  Creating a Classifi cation System for a Compliant and Profitable Manufacturing System 27 Summary 29 Selected B...

List of contents

PREFACE xi
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
 
1 MANUFACTURING 1
 
Introduction 1
 
Manufacturing Sequence 2
 
Product Life Cycles--There's More Than One 3
 
Life Cycle Analysis 4
 
Potential for Waste and Value Added in Manufacturing 9
 
Vertically versus Horizontally Integrated Manufacturing 11
 
Waste and Its Unexpected Sources 13
 
The First Source of Waste 14
 
The Second Source of Waste 17
 
The Third Source of Waste 19
 
A New Product--First Phase for Waste Reduction 20
 
Existing Products--Second Phase for Waste Reduction 22
 
Regeneration 24
 
Life Cycle of the Manufacturing Facility 25
 
Creating a Classifi cation System for a Compliant and Profitable Manufacturing System 27
 
Summary 29
 
Selected Bibliography 31
 
2 BUILDING A DECISION-MAKING MODEL 33
 
Introduction 33
 
Industrial Production and Manufacturing 34
 
Classifying Manufacturing Industries 38
 
Major Product Groups from NAICS 40
 
Material Stocks 51
 
Major Material Families 52
 
Basic Process Classifi cations 53
 
Forming Processes 55
 
Separating Processes 56
 
Joining Processes 57
 
Conditioning Processes 58
 
Finishing Processes 59
 
Design Template for Classifying Manufacturing Processes 60
 
It All Began in Sally's Garden 60
 
The Analysis 62
 
Next Steps 67
 
Selected Bibliography 68
 
3 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND PROFITABILITY 69
 
Introduction 69
 
Organizing to Comply--The Management Foundation 71
 
Formalizing the Management Approach--The ISO Standards 73
 
ISO 14000 Series of Standards 74
 
Overview of Major Environmental Regulations 75
 
Clean Air Act Overview 77
 
Clean Water Act Overview 79
 
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Overview 81
 
Summary--Compliance Can Mean Profits 82
 
Selected Bibliography 84
 
4 CASE STUDIES 85
 
Introduction 85
 
Case Study 1 88
 
Introduction 88
 
Waste Minimization Programs 91
 
Reuse and Recycling Activities in the Office 92
 
Reduction and Reuse of Packaging 92
 
Comment 93
 
Case Study 2 93
 
Introduction 93
 
The Study and Methods Used 94
 
Conclusion 97
 
Comment 97
 
Case Study 3 98
 
Introduction 98
 
Description of the Manufacturing Operation 98
 
Manufacturing Operations and Sequence 99
 
Steps Taken to Lessen the Environmental Impact of the Manufacturing Facility 102
 
Material Waste Reduction 102
 
Resource Reduction 103
 
Methods the Company Uses to Identify and Make Improvements 104
 
Summary 105
 
Comment 106
 
Case Study 4 106
 
Introduction 107
 
Manufacturing Operations and Sequence 109
 
Steps Taken to Lessen the Environmental Impact of the Facility 111
 
Methods Used to Make Improvements 112
 
Examples of Waste Reduction 114
 
Comment 115
 
Case Study 5 115
 
Introduction 115
 
Singapore Packaging Agreement 117
 
The "Three Rs" Approach to Solid Waste Minimization 118
 
Comment 120
 
Conclusion 120
 
Selected Bibliography 121
 
5 AN OVERVIEW OF TOOLS USED TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS 123
 
Introduction 123
 
Waste Reduction: The Profi table and Compliant Process Chart--A Collaborative Tool for Both Groups and All Functions 12

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"I highly recommend the holistic and knowledge building book Improving Profitability Through Green Manufacturing: Creating a Profitable and Environmentally Compliant Manufacturing Facility by David R. Hillis, Ph.D. and J. Barry DuVall, Ph.D., to any business leaders, manufacturers, design specialists, building and plant builders, public policy makers, environmental groups, practicing engineers, engineering and manufacturing students, elected officials, and anyone interested in green manufacturing who are seeking a clear and concise road map to establishing and maintaining a complete system that is profitable and environmentally sustainable. This book will change your mind forever about profit and the environment as green manufacturing works for both goals." (Money Talks, 4 November 2012)
"I highly recommend the holistic and knowledge building book Improving Profitability Through Green Manufacturing: Creating a Profitable and Environmentally Compliant Manufacturing Facility by David R. Hillis, Ph.D. and J. Barry DuVall, Ph.D., to any business leaders, manufacturers, design specialists, building and plant builders, public policy makers, environmental groups, practicing engineers, engineering and manufacturing students, elected officials, and anyone interested in green manufacturing who are seeking a clear and concise road map to establishing and maintaining a complete system that is profitable and environmentally sustainable. This book will change your mind forever about profit and the environment as green manufacturing works for both goals." (Blog Business World, 4 November 2012)

Product details

• Authors: J Barry Duvall, J. Barry Duvall, David Hillis, David R Hillis, David R. Hillis, David R. Duvall Hillis, David R./ Duvall Hillis, DR Hillis, Hillis David R.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2012
• EAN: 9781118111253
• ISBN: 978-1-118-11125-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Chemie, Anlagenplanung, chemistry, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, chemische Verfahrenstechnik, Industrielle Verfahrenstechnik, Sustainable Chemistry & Green Chemistry, Nachhaltige u. Grüne Chemie, Produktion i. d. Industriellen Verfahrenstechnik, Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing, Chemische Verfahrenstechnik / Theorie, Planung u. Management, Theory, Planning & Management