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Lean and Green Seminar
Lean manufacturing is about no waste. Lean efforts to eliminate defects and errors, overproduction and inventory can also reduce energy and water use, and solid and hazardous waste.
After examining data from nearly 17,500 manufacturing facilities, New York University researcher Andrew King concluded that “we find empirical support for the assertion that ‘lean is green.’” King’s study found that establishments which adopt lean practices have lower emissions.
Empirical evidence doesn’t inspire you? Then listen to the lean and green stories of Ecolab, Inc., Tennant Company and Interlock Structures International.
Manufacturers Alliance is hosting the educational seminar The New Scene is Lean & Green on Thursday, August 9, 2007, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the Dunwoody College of Technology, in Minneapolis. The cost is $30 at the door for nonmembers.
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