The sustainable business workbook : waste elimination / Jonathan T. Scott and Walter R. Stahel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Jonathan (Jonathan T.), author.

Stahel, Walter R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability.

Social responsibility of business.

Factory and trade waste--Management.

Factory and trade waste.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, United Kingdom : Greenleaf Publishing, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The companion to The Sustainable Business. Use this Workbook to increase your knowledge and understanding, subject-specific skills and personal and transferable skills.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 22, 2013).

ISBN:

0-367-10784-8

1-351-27744-8

9781351277440