tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690452568569296395.post5269391351441836885..comments2023-10-26T04:31:15.293-07:00Comments on Green Manufacturing: Green New YearDavid Dornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146655060394406346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690452568569296395.post-16982074197661976552009-12-29T10:18:39.276-08:002009-12-29T10:18:39.276-08:00Thanks for reading and commenting Alena and Jen - ...Thanks for reading and commenting Alena and Jen - feedback and discussion is important on topics such as green manufacturing and we are trying add to the community of information that is "out there".David Dornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146655060394406346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690452568569296395.post-30750169986009561372009-12-27T10:56:50.510-08:002009-12-27T10:56:50.510-08:00This is an excellent question and gets to the hear...This is an excellent question and gets to the heart of the matter ... what can be done that doesn't require a lot of resources but is effective? Some "low hanging fruit" ideas include the resources on the Carnegie Mellon LCA website (http://www.eiolca.net/) that allows a quick look at aspects of your business and calculates a footprint (rough but helpful), you could try a simple questionnaire to major suppliers, resources to see if they are aware of their impacts (embedded energy, resource use, etc.), you could start just making a chart of "where things come from and where they go" (and this could be a useful group activity) to get a sense of the complexity of your production, and, finally (but not free), some of the resources listed in earlier blogs (like the lean green work or economic bottom up LCA tools) can be used effectively. I will work on this and use it as the content of an upcoming blog so we can go into more detail. And, anyone else who is reading and has something to add should chime in!David Dornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146655060394406346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4690452568569296395.post-30122717329275013652009-12-26T14:04:41.617-08:002009-12-26T14:04:41.617-08:00Hello David,
How does a smaller Company than Walm...Hello David,<br /><br />How does a smaller Company than Walmart, let's say, go about achieving any sort of measurement on the indirect stages. The financial and human resources necessary to accomplish this task would be daunting, aren't they?<br /><br />I'd love to be able to get to this level of supply chain awareness, but, it seems to me it's a full time person and 6 months before any real data is acquired and even at that, it's pretty light. That puts the first level of data access at $30k plus and 6 months. Does the consumer pay for this through product pricing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com