This is Post Number 1950 of this blog.
“Productivity science is scientific effort, that in any specific work situation, identifies the appropriate philosophy, culture, systems, processes, technology, methods and human physical action and behavior and elements of each of them of that will maximize positive (social, environmental and economic) outcomes relative to the resources consumed.” - Narayana Rao (IISE 2020 Annual Conference Proceedings)
The Concept of Productivity and the Aim of National Productivity Agencies - 1959
In "The Concept of Productivity and the Aim of National Productivity Agencies" formulated in
Rome in 1959 the Productivity Committee of the European Productivity Agency defined productivity as follows:
"Productivity is above all a state of mind. It is an attitude that seeks the continuous improvement
of what exists. It is a conviction that one can do better today than yesterday and that tomorrow
will be better than today. Furthermore it requires constant efforts to adapt economic activities to ever-changing conditions and the application of new theories and methods. It is a firm belief in the progress of humanity."
Comment: Would have been better if the term "productivity attitude" was used.
Green Productivity starts with an intellectual dare – to shift from a monochrome bottom line
to a more colourful triple bottom line.
Essentially the practice of Green Productivity results in using material resources and energy
more efficiently and sustainably - doing better with less. We know spurring innovation for
products and services enhances economic development, therefore greening innovative minds
enables development with less risk of socio-economic and environmental degradation.
Green Productivity starts as a strategy for enhancing productivity and environmental performance for overall socio-economic development. It is the application of appropriate productivity and environmental management tools, techniques, and technologies to reduce the environmental impact of an organization's activities, goods and services.
In its formal definition, Green Productivity uses three terms and phrases:
- strategy
- productivity and environmental performance
- socio-economic development
Green Productivity Management
Green Productivity follows through on the strategic framework by seeking technical and
managerial interventions, based on the concept of continual improvement.
The central concept of Green Productivity is that substances should not be produced faster than they can be reintegrated into cycles of nature. In reality, there is no such thing as "away", energy is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes form. Therefore it is important to optimize the use of the mate rials and energy to obtain full value of one's efforts and investment.
Mohanty, R. and Deshmukh, S. (1999), "Managing green productivity: a case study", Work Study, Vol. 48 No. 5, pp. 165-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/00438029910279402
Productivity is concerned with the effective and efficient transformation of resources into desired outputs. effect on organisational profit but not on its harmful environmental effects. Pressures are rising to establish “green manufacturing” processes, and this can be taken as an effectiveness issue. . “Green manufacturing” implies the minimisation of (especially harmful) waste. The paper introduces a particular approach to green productivity addressing the concept of “wastivity” (a variation on productivity that involves the identification of both “structural” and operational waste) and describes a case study in an Indian manufacturing organisation at which the approach was used.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00438029910279402/full/html
2019
The Role of Green Attributes in Production Processes as Well as Their Impact on Operational, Commercial, and Economic Benefits
José Roberto Mendoza-Fong 1 , Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz 2 , José Roberto Díaz-Reza 1 ,
Emilio Jiménez-Macías 3 and Julio Blanco-Fernández 4,*
1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez,
Ciudad Juarez 32310, Mexico;
2 Department Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez,
Ciudad Juarez 32310,
3 Department Electrical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain;
4 Department Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Journal: Sustainability, 2019, 11, 1294; doi:10.3390/su11051294
Green Attributes in Production Process
The attributes before production (ABP) are those attributes detected before starting the production
process. They are related to the organization, business model, product design, process plan, production facilities, suppliers, programs for the use and preservation of natural resources.
Attributes during production process (ADP) are present in the production process during operation of the production process. They include reduction of emissions, clean production process, use of green
technologies, use of alternative or sustainable energies, green practices in productive processes, and the implementation of new technologies.
These attributes are essential and an opportunity for companies to maximize performance, quality, and profits from their production processes.
Based on literature review, 24 attributes have been found by the authors.
Attributes before the process:
• There are programs for the use and preservation of natural resources
• Green purchases
• There is an environmental certification or ISO 14001
• Green process design
• Environmental collaboration with suppliers
• Eco-business models
• Use of environmentally friendly raw materials
• Selection of green suppliers
• Green product design
• Green practices in provisioning .
Attributes during the process:
• Reduction of emissions towards the environment
• Lean manufacturing tools are implemented
• There is a clean production process
• Green technologies implementation
• Use of alternative or sustainable energies
• Damage towards the environment is reduced
• Green practices in productive processes
• New technologies implementation
• TQM philosophy implementation
• Green labeling or eco-labeling
• Remanufacturing of products
• Green practices in the distribution system
• Social responsibility
Conclusions of the research are as follows:
H1: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Attributes before and during a Green
Manufacturing Process have a direct and positive effect on the Operating Benefits obtained by
implementing GM practices.
H2: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Attributes before and during a Green
Manufacturing Process have a direct and positive effect on the Commercial Benefits obtained by
implementing GM practices in the production process,
H3: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Operating Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Commercial Benefits obtained by implementing GM practices in the production
lines,
H4: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Operating Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Economic Benefits obtained by implementing a GM process,
H5: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Commercial Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Economic Benefits obtained by implementing a GM process,
Comments: The paper is interesting. But its attributes are not properly classified. Attributes during the process have to refer to actually things which are done during process or done after the process based on process data.
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24 Jan 2021
Philosophy, Theory and Science of Green Productivity
The Concept of Productivity and the Aim of National Productivity Agencies - 1959
In "The Concept of Productivity and the Aim of National Productivity Agencies" formulated in
Rome in 1959 the Productivity Committee of the European Productivity Agency defined productivity as follows:
"Productivity is above all a state of mind. It is an attitude that seeks the continuous improvement
of what exists. It is a conviction that one can do better today than yesterday and that tomorrow
will be better than today. Furthermore it requires constant efforts to adapt economic activities to ever-changing conditions and the application of new theories and methods. It is a firm belief in the progress of humanity."
Comment: Would have been better if the term "productivity attitude" was used.
Green Productivity starts with an intellectual dare – to shift from a monochrome bottom line
to a more colourful triple bottom line.
Essentially the practice of Green Productivity results in using material resources and energy
more efficiently and sustainably - doing better with less. We know spurring innovation for
products and services enhances economic development, therefore greening innovative minds
enables development with less risk of socio-economic and environmental degradation.
Green Productivity starts as a strategy for enhancing productivity and environmental performance for overall socio-economic development. It is the application of appropriate productivity and environmental management tools, techniques, and technologies to reduce the environmental impact of an organization's activities, goods and services.
In its formal definition, Green Productivity uses three terms and phrases:
- strategy
- productivity and environmental performance
- socio-economic development
Green Productivity Management
Green Productivity follows through on the strategic framework by seeking technical and
managerial interventions, based on the concept of continual improvement.
The central concept of Green Productivity is that substances should not be produced faster than they can be reintegrated into cycles of nature. In reality, there is no such thing as "away", energy is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes form. Therefore it is important to optimize the use of the mate rials and energy to obtain full value of one's efforts and investment.
Mohanty, R. and Deshmukh, S. (1999), "Managing green productivity: a case study", Work Study, Vol. 48 No. 5, pp. 165-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/00438029910279402
Productivity is concerned with the effective and efficient transformation of resources into desired outputs. effect on organisational profit but not on its harmful environmental effects. Pressures are rising to establish “green manufacturing” processes, and this can be taken as an effectiveness issue. . “Green manufacturing” implies the minimisation of (especially harmful) waste. The paper introduces a particular approach to green productivity addressing the concept of “wastivity” (a variation on productivity that involves the identification of both “structural” and operational waste) and describes a case study in an Indian manufacturing organisation at which the approach was used.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00438029910279402/full/html
2019
The Role of Green Attributes in Production Processes as Well as Their Impact on Operational, Commercial, and Economic Benefits
José Roberto Mendoza-Fong 1 , Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz 2 , José Roberto Díaz-Reza 1 ,
Emilio Jiménez-Macías 3 and Julio Blanco-Fernández 4,*
1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez,
Ciudad Juarez 32310, Mexico;
2 Department Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez,
Ciudad Juarez 32310,
3 Department Electrical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain;
4 Department Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
Journal: Sustainability, 2019, 11, 1294; doi:10.3390/su11051294
Green Attributes in Production Process
The attributes before production (ABP) are those attributes detected before starting the production
process. They are related to the organization, business model, product design, process plan, production facilities, suppliers, programs for the use and preservation of natural resources.
Attributes during production process (ADP) are present in the production process during operation of the production process. They include reduction of emissions, clean production process, use of green
technologies, use of alternative or sustainable energies, green practices in productive processes, and the implementation of new technologies.
These attributes are essential and an opportunity for companies to maximize performance, quality, and profits from their production processes.
Based on literature review, 24 attributes have been found by the authors.
Attributes before the process:
• There are programs for the use and preservation of natural resources
• Green purchases
• There is an environmental certification or ISO 14001
• Green process design
• Environmental collaboration with suppliers
• Eco-business models
• Use of environmentally friendly raw materials
• Selection of green suppliers
• Green product design
• Green practices in provisioning .
Attributes during the process:
• Reduction of emissions towards the environment
• Lean manufacturing tools are implemented
• There is a clean production process
• Green technologies implementation
• Use of alternative or sustainable energies
• Damage towards the environment is reduced
• Green practices in productive processes
• New technologies implementation
• TQM philosophy implementation
• Green labeling or eco-labeling
• Remanufacturing of products
• Green practices in the distribution system
• Social responsibility
Conclusions of the research are as follows:
H1: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Attributes before and during a Green
Manufacturing Process have a direct and positive effect on the Operating Benefits obtained by
implementing GM practices.
H2: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Attributes before and during a Green
Manufacturing Process have a direct and positive effect on the Commercial Benefits obtained by
implementing GM practices in the production process,
H3: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Operating Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Commercial Benefits obtained by implementing GM practices in the production
lines,
H4: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Operating Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Economic Benefits obtained by implementing a GM process,
H5: There is enough statistical evidence to declare that Commercial Benefits have a direct and
positive effect on the Economic Benefits obtained by implementing a GM process,
Comments: The paper is interesting. But its attributes are not properly classified. Attributes during the process have to refer to actually things which are done during process or done after the process based on process data.
.
24 Jan 2021
https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/21153136/100-sustainable-fuels-for-all-jets-by-2030-boeing
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