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  • The Cost of Environmental Infractions is High, Can Include Jail Time

    • December 3, 2017
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Safety
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    The question of sustainability versus remediation is an economic one as much as a humanitarian one. This is a photo of a toxic looking barrel laying on its side.

    Manufacturers who contaminate, pollute, and commit environmental infractions as part of their manufacturing process aren’t only risking a guilty conscience or the shouts and disparagement of environmental activists. If your manufacturing company is found to be committing environmental infractions, you run the risk of being sent to jail as well. For years, I worked closely

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  • Use Plant Workflow Measurement to Manage EPA Requirements and Reporting

    • February 22, 2017
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Manufacturing, Measurement, Safety
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    Boeing's Everett factory near Seattle. It takes an astute operations manager to keep this all running.

    In a previous article, I talked about the importance of plant workflow measurement to determine a plant’s productivity, such as a machine’s downtime or an associate’s total productivity. With a plant workflow system, associates can self-manage their own performance, and you can be alerted early to potential problems with machines, before a breakdown ever occurs.

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