Taiga Company

As part of progressive business sustainability strategies, corporate sustainability leaders are embracing green technology to create a competitive advantage for their organizations. Manufacturing giants like General Electric, DuPont and Toyota have been on the forefront of promoting and incorporating sustainability concepts into their core business processes. 

These business sustainability leader are creating a head start on the competition in addressing consumer expectations and pending legislation that can affect manufacturing costs.  As many other businesses begin to identify their internal drivers, questions still remain on how to integrate sustainability concepts into current manufacturing processes.

Integrating sustainability concepts into traditional lean manufacturing process is one approach being utilized by organizations pursuing green manufacturing.   According to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Lean to Green, “lean production and lean manufacturing refer to the use of systematic methods to reduce costs by eliminating wastes and non value-added activities, while delivering what the customer wants, on time.  Even without explicitly targeting environmental outcomes, lean efforts can yield substantial environmental benefits.”   The basic steps in this “Lean to Green” approach include:

•    Assess baseline conditions and operations.
•    Capture the details of process inputs and outputs.
•    Strategize to design and incorporate changes that will reduce environmental or productivity inefficiencies.

Companies around the world are evaluating all avenues to reduce costs while maintaining market share.  Green manufacturing leaders are taking a proactive approach to capture value and place their organizations a step ahead of the competition.

At Taiga Company, we partner with businesses to address the challenges in manufacturing and the supply chain.  Our small business resources work directly with clients to identify the opportunities to incorporate business sustainability into existing business practices.