Publication Type : Journal Article
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Business
Verified : No
Year : 2016
Abstract : With the raising industrial growth, rapid decline in natural capital on which existence of the human civilization lies is a major concern for any nation as well as any individual. Professionals who orchestra this industrial growth have a huge responsibility to make it as greener as possible. Green Manufacturing is the solution that many believe. Green manufacturing, amalgamates the environmental aspects of many management systems like ISO 9001, 14001 , 50001 etc., and widely used in conjunction with latest resource optimizing manufacturing practices like Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, TPM etc., Many cost and sustainability advantages without much investments can be realized like reduction in carbon foot print of a manufacturing operation by integrating energy efficiency as a part of the system can also give a cost advantage of lesser energy bill. Our area of focus would be sharing the success stories in green manufacturing from companies in India on topics like Energy efficiency Green Supply Chain Green Procurement Green Logistics Sustainable Packaging Design for Environment Life Cycle Approach in Green Product development Green Branding etc.,
Cite this Research Publication : Somasundaram Balasubramaniam ""Green Sense with Business Sense" - An intro to Green Manufacturing for Small, Medium & Large Enterprises", July 2016