11/13/2008NCMS Executive Roundtable on Sustainability In the Media 2

Michigan executives urge need for energy policy during panel discussion

While Michigan and other states are enacting laws to stimulate alternative energy production, consensus among business leaders appears to be building for the creation of a national energy policy.

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Posted on: 11/13/2008 at 3:19 PM
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6/15/2008NCMS Staff Highlight 2008 Lean and Green Summit

Lean manufacturing at its very core seeks to eliminate waste. The U.S. EPA recognizes this and encourages lean application to environmental concerns (reduce movement, energy, waste water, scrap, etc.). This is the foundation of the Lean and Green Summit. Start now with practical steps. Your company is already using lean in operations, now focus it more specifically on environmental concerns.  With this as the foundation, the Summit will address the larger issues of sustainability:

  • Measurements showing if your product life cycles and operations are sustainable

  • Energy consumption cut by 1/3

  • Almost no virgin material used in production

  • Almost zero toxic releases, both in manufacturing processes and in end-of-life-products

NCMS Senior Program Manager Paul Chalmer and Executive Director- Lean Product Development Initiative Michael Gnam will be speakers at this event.

For more information please visit:

http://www.leanandgreensummit.com/

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Posted on: 6/15/2008 at 12:03 PM
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