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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...
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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)
