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11 04, 2023

A 10-Year Journey: Changing Green Practices in Manufacturing

By |2023-04-11T13:12:39+00:00April 11th, 2023|Manufacturing, MPI Manufacturing Study, Sustainability|Comments Off on A 10-Year Journey: Changing Green Practices in Manufacturing

Ah, 2010. Does it feel like yesterday... or a lifetime ago? We were two years into a recession. The iPhone was a new invention. The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the earthquake in Haiti, the passing of the Affordable Care Act: all on people’s minds. Remember the vuvuzelas at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa? It was simpler time. Maybe. It was also the year The MPI Group started tracking data on the green practices of manufacturing plants around the world. Ten years later, in 2020, we conducted our most recent MPI Manufacturing Study. Looking at the data [...]

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6 02, 2023

Waste Not, Want Not: An Interview with George Taninecz

By |2023-02-20T18:00:55+00:00February 6th, 2023|George Taninecz, MPI Manufacturing Study, Process Improvement, Sustainability|Comments Off on Waste Not, Want Not: An Interview with George Taninecz

MPI Insight: MPI has been tracking green performances of manufacturers since 2010 in the MPI Manufacturing Study. What are the most interesting trends over that time? George: One interesting trend is that the growth of green in manufacturing slowed a bit in past years of the studies. Then it picked up again in our 2021 study. It appears that there's more industry awareness now, with companies recognizing that they need to get on board with green manufacturing. Some companies may be recognizing that their customers want them to be green, and that may be pushing those numbers, too. So, that's an [...]

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19 01, 2023

The Lean, Green Future of Manufacturing

By |2023-01-23T21:18:13+00:00January 19th, 2023|MPI Manufacturing Study, Process Improvement, Sustainability|Comments Off on The Lean, Green Future of Manufacturing

Lean manufacturing and environmentally responsible practices go hand in hand. Why? Because lean drives plants to optimize for efficiency and relentless reduction of waste. What could be a more perfect match for green manufacturing? The MPI Group has tracked manufacturers’ use of green practices — and performance on green metrics — since 2010. We’ve found that plants using lean – and/or the related methodology of the Toyota Production System (TPS) – are more likely to use leading green practices and to outperform on green metrics. Many factors contribute to the success of these lean, green plants, including: #1. Environment-Friendly [...]

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16 05, 2022

Mediocrity, Malaise, and Mismanagement

By |2022-05-18T16:22:13+00:00May 16th, 2022|Business, Information Technology, Manufacturing, MPI Manufacturing Study, People|Comments Off on Mediocrity, Malaise, and Mismanagement

Why aren’t you paying attention to your manufacturing business? After nearly two decades of research on manufacturers, you might think that MPI could report  that documented best practices — benchmarking, training, etc. — are now common everywhere, driving massive performance improvements around the world. Alas, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, our MPI 2021 Manufacturing Study found many manufacturers struggling with — or outright failing at — the basics of improvement. It goes without saying that the effects of the pandemic can be seen in our Study data. Nonetheless, the overall Study results are shocking: [...]

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