Relationships With Suppliers
Source 2004 Issue 1
Drums
Ditched for Totes Switching from 55-gallon, single
use drums to 250-gallon reusable totes for two of
its most-used raw materials saves Aveda $25,000 per
year in disposal, labor and testing costs.
The
Cost of Free Samples Merit Enterprises found that
free samples can become expensive when it counted
the time and
money needed to properly dispose of them.
Try
It, You'll Like It Methodist Hospital tested out
formalin recovery equipment before making a purchase.
A trial run of new equipment in your facility can
reduce uncertainty.
Buying
into Green Environmentally preferable purchasing
(EPP)—green purchasing--is buying products and
services that have the least negative impact on the
environment. Evaluate your products and take action.
Training
for the Whys Your chemical suppliers and equipment
vendors may provide trainings that could benefit your
employees. After a training from their chemical supplier,
operators at JIT Powder Coating were able to more-efficiently
manage the pretreatment system
Cultivate
Relationships Cultivating relationships with your
company's suppliers and vendors could give your projects
a boost.
15
Seconds of Fame—Shred of Evidence Stylmark
shreds its waste cardboard and uses it in-house as
packaging material, saving between $13,000 and $15,000
per year.
Where's
Your Waste?—Summer of Solutions Eight Minnesota
companies are taking advantage of MnTAP's
intern program this summer to maximize resource
efficiency, prevent pollution and reduce costs.
Questions
for Your Supplier When Changing Brands or
Products This fact sheet offers guidelines on
evaluating
environmental, health and safety impacts of new products.
Minnesota
Materials Exchange A materials exchange program
lists one company's unwanted material and makes it
available for use by another company. The listings
in Source are examples of available and wanted listings,
and successful exchanges from the Minnesota Materials
Exchange.
Calendar
MnTAP posts trainings and events related to manufacturing
process improvement, waste management and environmental,
health and safety.
