EMS in the Furniture Industry
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This document discusses EMS (Environmental Management Systems) in the furniture industry. It notes that the furniture industry is concentrated and subject to common environmental legislation as other industries. It then outlines different degrees of EMS implementation from resistant to proactive. It emphasizes the importance of integrating suppliers into EMS processes. Specific areas of focus for EMS activities are identified as materials selection, product design processes, supplier process improvement, supplier evaluation, and inbound logistics processes. Guidelines are provided around collaborating with suppliers on environmental improvements, considering full lifecycles in design, influencing supplier processes, evaluating suppliers based on strategic environmental initiatives, and working with suppliers to reduce waste in inbound logistics.
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- 1. EMS in the Furniture industry Daniel Colm Walton et al. (1998)
- 2. 4 1 3 2 5
- 3. Why Furniture industry? • industry is concentrated
- 4. Why Furniture industry? • industry is concentrated • legislation common to other industries
- 5. What’s hot? rare wood utilization solvents for coating waste management zinc plating paper packaging
- 6. Degrees of EMS Resistant adaptation End-of-pipe Embracing without innovating End-of-pipe Reactive End-of-pipe Receptive Process change Constructive Product change Proactive Vision change
- 7. Proactivity «Companies wanting to reap the greatest benefits from their environmental management processes must integrate other members of the supply chain into these processes» implementing TQEM.
- 8. Areas of EMS activity Materials used in product design Product design processes Supplier process improvement Supplier evaluation Inbound logistics processes
- 9. Supplier evaluation tree no Drop S. no Can B. influence no Is S. critical? S.? S. interested in Live with it environmental no Improve yes issues? yes compliance, Is S. then integrate S. environmentally yes compliant? Integrate S. in yes EMS
- 10. Design for the Environment (DEF) product design design processes
- 11. Guideline 1 Product design and purchasing personnel should work together to influence environmental improvements in their own and their supplier’s products.
- 12. Guideline 2 Product design processes must consider the lifecycle of all materials used in the product, including “cradle to grave” considerations.
- 13. Guideline 3 Purchasing managers must proactively influence suppliers’ processes, since liability for non- compliance to environmental regulations extends to all supply chain members.
- 14. Guideline 4 The methods used and the criteria emphasized for supplier evaluation must reflect the strategic direction of the buying company’s environmental initiatives.
- 15. Guideline 5 Suppliers must help buying companies change inbound logistics processes to reduce waste (e.g., packaging), which in turn can yield an operational advantage (e.g., cost and ease of assembly).
- 16. Reference Steve V. Walton, Robert B. Handfield, and Steven A. Melnyk, “The Green Supply Chain: Integrating Suppliers into Environmental Management Processes”, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management (1998) Slides: Daniel Colm
Notas do Editor
- the industry is fairly concentrated, and a significant segment of the industry could be included using as few as five case studies; several of the key processes in the furniture industry that have significant environmental implications are common to many manufacturing industries (e.g., coating processes using solvent- based paints, solid waste management, zinc plating, paper packaging)
- the industry is fairly concentrated, and a significant segment of the industry could be included using as few as five case studies; several of the key processes in the furniture industry that have significant environmental implications are common to many manufacturing industries (e.g., coating processes using solvent- based paints, solid waste management, zinc plating, paper packaging)
- Companies that achieve these higher levels of environmental response accept their responsibility to society as a whole.Based on these possible responses, an interview protocol was developed which asked managers to discuss the role of supplier evaluation, supplier selection, supplier management, new product design, purchasing processes, and inbound logistics in supply chain EFP (environmentally friendly policies).When conducting case-based research it is important to remember that “Sampling involves not only decisions about which people to observe or interview, but also about settings, events, and social processes.” Proactive companies recognized that processes and products must be redesigned to achieve the higher environmental goals associated with leveraging environmental management for competitive advantage
- On which areas does a proactive company work?
- The supplier can react in various way to out change policies towards EMS
- “Design for the Environment” (DFE) initiatives in product design and development processes include activities initiated both by the buying company alone as well as joint initiatives with suppliers. Primarily, DFE activities follow one of two directions: product materials and design processes.