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A brighter, sustainable future begins with brilliant engineering
Today’s global manufacturers can make a valuable contribution to a sustainable future through:
- New products and manufacturing approaches that reduce demand for scarce resources while enabling sustainable growth
- Driving development of cost-effective renewable and alternative energy sources like solar and wind power
- Utilizing technologies that re-use rather than waste energy in automation systems
- Analyzing and re-engineering production systems to eliminate wasted motion, materials and energy consumption
- Implementing strategies such as lean manufacturing to drive out waste across all areas of production
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Scott Hibbard, Vice President of Technology
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Six keys to sustainable manufacturing
Challenge: The federal government estimates that manufacturing consumes about one third of the energy consumed annually in the U.S. — so what can manufacturing do to control the growth of this consumption?
Solution: Learn how applying six key concepts to designing production systems — some obvious, some not so well known — can help drive the development of sustainable manufacturing.
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Featured Podcast: Lean and Sustainability
- How waste reduction is the key link between sustainable manufacturing and lean manufacturing
- How lean manufacturing practices can help reduce waste without impacting productivity
- Techniques for applying lean techniques to issues such as energy consumption
- Approaches for utilizing lean to help businesses comply with environmental and sustainable mandates
Listen to the Lean Manufacturing podcast
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