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The sustainable business workbook : waste elimination /

Whether you are undertaking the exercises for your own purposes or with the intent of completing a certification course in sustainable development, this Workbook will be of help. The companion text for this publication is The Sustainable Business: A Practitioner's Guide to Achieving Long-Term P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Scott, Jonathan (Jonathan T.) (Autor), Stahel, Walter R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sheffield : Greenleaf Publishing, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Before you begin ... ; The 7-P Model; The benefits of working through the step-by-step approach to sustainability; PREPARATION; Energy; External: Market price assessment; Internal: Costs assessment; Raw materials or system inputs; External: Market cost assessment; Internal: Cost assessment; Waste disposal costs; Total internal annual waste; Changes in waste legislation; Changes in environmental laws; Raw material procurement; Changes in customer expectations and demands; Establishing new policies and objectives; PROCESSES; Exterior; Cooperative networks; Interior.
  • Lean thinkingPRESERVATION; External measurement; Internal measurement; PEOPLE; Employee education and involvement; Assessment of future human resource requirements; Assessment of future customer markets; Job security and job creation; PLACE; Exterior waste elimination and prevention; Interior waste elimination and prevention; Unforeseen results after implementation; Waste elimination (by unit); Waste elimination: cost savings; Lessons learned; PRODUCT; Raw materials and system inputs; Interior waste: elimination and prevention; Exterior waste: elimination and prevention.
  • Waste elimination (by unit)Overall material (or system) cost savings; PRODUCTION; Interior analysis; Process map; Process map analysis; Exterior analysis; Synergistic networks; Total: interior/exterior waste; Waste elimination (by unit); Overall estimated cost savings; RESULTS; TOTAL: waste-elimination estimates; Total waste elimination (PLACE/PRODUCT/PRODUCTION); TOTAL: estimated cost savings; TOTAL cost savings (PLACE/PRODUCT/PRODUCTION); TOTAL: job security and job creation; TOTAL: Increases in productivity and revenues; About the Authors; Back Cover.