1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910138869903321

Autore

Hillis David R

Titolo

Improving profitability through green manufacturing [[electronic resource] ] : creating a profitable and environmentally compliant manufacturing facility / / David R. Hillis, J. Barry DuVall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012

ISBN

1-282-13459-0

9786613807175

1-118-39189-6

1-118-39188-8

1-118-39186-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DuVallJohn Barry <1942->

Disciplina

628

Soggetti

Manufacturing processes - Cost control

Manufacturing processes - Environmental aspects

Green products - Cost effectiveness

Sustainable engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

IMPROVING PROFITABILITY THROUGH GREEN MANUFACTURING; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: MANUFACTURING; INTRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING SEQUENCE; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES-THERE'S MORE THAN ONE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL FOR WASTE AND VALUE ADDED IN MANUFACTURING; VERTICALLY VERSUS HORIZONTALLY INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; WASTE AND ITS UNEXPECTED SOURCES; The First Source of Waste; The Second Source of Waste; The Third Source of Waste; A NEW PRODUCT-FIRST PHASE FOR WASTE REDUCTION; EXISTING PRODUCTS-SECOND PHASE FOR WASTE REDUCTION; REGENERATION; LIFE CYCLE OF THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY

CREATING A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR A COMPLIANT AND PROFITABLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM SUMMARY; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2: BUILDING A DECISION-MAKING MODEL; INTRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING;



CLASSIFYING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MAJOR PRODUCT GROUPS FROM NAICS; MATERIAL STOCKS; MAJOR MATERIAL FAMILIES; BASIC PROCESS CLASSIFICATIONS; Forming Processes; Separating Processes; Joining Processes; Conditioning Processes; Finishing Processes; DESIGN TEMPLATE FOR CLASSIFYING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; IT ALL BEGAN IN SALLY'S GARDEN; THE ANALYSIS; NEXT STEPS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY CHAPTER 3: ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, AND PROFITABILITY; INTRODUCTION; ORGANIZING TO COMPLY-THE MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION; FORMALIZING THE MANAGEMENT APPROACH-THE ISO STANDARDS; ISO 14000 Series of Standards; OVERVIEW OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; Clean Air Act Overview; Clean Water Act Overview; Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Overview; SUMMARY-COMPLIANCE CAN MEAN PROFITS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 4: CASE STUDIES; INTRODUCTION; CASE STUDY 1; Introduction; Waste Minimization Programs; Reuse and Recycling Activities in the Office

Reduction and Reuse of Packaging Comment; CASE STUDY 2; Introduction; The Study and Methods Used; Conclusion; Comment; CASE STUDY 3; Introduction; Description of the Manufacturing Operation; Manufacturing Operations and Sequence; Steps Taken to Lessen the Environmental Impact of the Manufacturing Facility; Material Waste Reduction; Resource Reduction; Methods the Company Uses to Identify and Make Improvements; Summary; Comment; CASE STUDY 4; Introduction; Manufacturing Operations and Sequence; Steps Taken to Lessen the Environmental Impact of the Facility; Methods Used to Make Improvements

Examples of Waste Reduction Comment; CASE STUDY 5; Introduction; Singapore Packaging Agreement; The "Three Rs" Approach to Solid Waste Minimization; Comment; CONCLUSION; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 5: AN OVERVIEW OF TOOLS USED TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; INTRODUCTION; WASTE REDUCTION: THE PROFITABLE AND COMPLIANT PROCESS CHART-A COLLABORATIVE TOOL FOR BOTH GROUPS AND ALL FUNCTIONS; TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT; Operator Self-Control; Culture Change; MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS; Lean Manufacturing; Kaizen; Pareto Principle; Process Control; Certified Management Systems

Design of Experiments

Sommario/riassunto

Manufacturers can be green and highly profitable at the same time  Profits 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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960024703321

Titolo

Cultural economy : cultural analysis and commercial life / / edited by Paul du Gay and Michael Pryke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2002

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2002

ISBN

9786610369652

9781412931908

1412931908

9781446218440

1446218449

9781446225783

144622578X

9781280369650

1280369655

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 243 p.) : facsims

Collana

Culture, representation, and identities

Altri autori (Persone)

Du GayPaul

PrykeMichael <1955->

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The chapters in this volume derive from a Workshop on Cultural Economy held at the Open University in January 2000"--Acknowledgements.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Cultural economy: an introduction; Chapter 1 - Economics as interference; Chapter 2 - Symbolic economies: The 'culturalization' of economic knowledge; Chapter 3 - Capturing markets from the economists; Chapter 4 - Work ethics, soft capitalism and the 'turn of life'; Chapter 5 - From Holloway toHollywood: Happiness at work in the new cultural economy?; Chapter 6 - Identities and industries: The Cultural formation of aesthetic economies; Chapter 7 - Re-imaging the ad agency: The cultural connotations of economic forms

Chapter 8 - Advertising, persuasion and the culture/economy dualismChapter 9 - The unintended political economy; Chapter 10 -



Production, consumption and 'cultural economy'; Chapter 11 - Performing cultures in the new economy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As terms like corporate culture, knowledge economy and market culture pass into the mainstream language, the contributors to this study explore the manner in which markets and organisations are represented in today's society.