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Webcast: Breakthrough Lean best practice: Six-step strategy to reduce energy consumption and emissions of assets.


 

 
 
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  !Sustainable manufacturing a business performance tool
While reducing carbon footprint is the ultimate goal of sustainability, the tools for doing it go hand-in-hand with lowering costs and bettering the bottom line. A new report announced this week by the ARC Advisory Group says a plant's environmental success is key to business growth.
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!Sustainability one focus of National Manufacturing Week conference
Green Manufacturing: Business Strategies for Sustainability highlights the conference sessions of National Manufacturing Week and will emphasize concepts such as Lean and green, corporate social responsibility, waste to profit, design for environment, zero waste and environmental sustainability.
 
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  !DOE to fund industrial energy efficiency projects
An initiative of the department’s Industrial Technology Program, the Energy Intensive Processes Initiative seeks to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency in the most energy-consuming manufacturing processes by developing and promoting technologies that can be applied in many industrial settings.
  !Manufacturing by-products to generate revenue
General Motors "gets it." Having added 33 plants to its list of landfill-free facilities, the Big-Three manufacturer is reducing its carbon footprint and generating revenue at the same time by recycling scrap materials ranging from plastic caps to shards of aluminum.
  !Lubricant's impact on plant sustainability objectives
As lubricant is such a major component of any plant's processes, maximizing its specification and use can have a big impact on the facility's sustainability initiatives. The management – or mismanagement –of this non-renewable resource can have a tremendous effect on carbon footprint, uptime and the bottom line.
  !Bosch Rexroth launches sustainable manufacturing Website
The new Website features information on green technologies designed to reduce waste, stimulate development of alternative energy sources and encourage greater use of renewable resources.
   
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Plant Engineering's Arc Flash University is accepting new applicants!

All aspects of Arc Flash will be examined during a series of free 30-minute Webcasts on the first Thursday of the month. Regular participants will receive CEU credit. Register Today!

 

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Breakthrough Lean best practice: Six-step strategy to reduce energy consumption and emissions of assets

Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 11:00am PDT/1:00pm CDT/2:00pm EDT
Energy consumption is the largest single expenditure in most companies' operating and maintenance budget. To fight it, best-in-class manufacturers are employing Global Asset Sustainability, a six-step asset management strategy, to maximize return on assets and optimize asset performance at the lowest possible costs. Attendees of next Thursday's Webcast will hear experts Sandra Glatt, project officer at the Department of Energy, and John Murphy from Infor, an ENERGY STAR Partner, explore sustainability trends, provide insight into best-in-class asset management practices, and discover the six-step methodology that manufacturers are implementing to maintain and extend the life of their assets and lower costs through reduced energy consumption.
Schedule by date and topic:
9/18/08: Arc Flash Liability & Insurance
10/2/08: Arc Flash Research & Development
11/6/08: The CSI of Arc Flash

Arc Flash overview
PlantMail headerArc Flash University continues on September 18th with Arc Flash Liability & Insurance. Enroll today and receive CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for attending six of the eight events! View the Arc Flash webcasts on the first Thursday of the month from now through November.
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PlantMail header Arc Flash Prevention
Originally aired: May 8, 2008
How do you prevent arc flash? Great equipment, great maintenance, great training. It also requires monitoring the critical aspects of your plant, looking for clues that could help prevent a tragedy. We’ll talk with industry leaders on the best ways to prevent arc flash.


PlantMail header Arc Flash Training
Originally aired: April 3, 2008
The biggest variable in achieving arc flash safety isn’t your equipment; it’s your people. Making sure they are aware at all times of the dangers of electrical equipment and work to maintain their safety and the integrity of the equipment is vital. Industry experts give you a step-by-step training regimen for arc flash training.


Mobility: Your Ticket to Better Maintenance
Originally aired: June 19, 2008
There are proven and reliably deployed technologies today that address the pressure on operations to do more with less. You bear the responsibility to ensure assets and facilities are productive and always available. Using mobile, you can finally realize your enterprise system's full potential with uniform, complete, and timely data that your system and standardized processes need to be most effective. Hear success stories on how leading firms have leveraged ATM-friendly mobile solutions to improve the company’s bottom line. In this session, you'll learn how mobile enables organizations to:

• Increase "wrench time" with greater productivity and streamlined operations
•Access valuable work detail at the point of performance for higher first-time fix rates
•Increase planned work possible when capturing timely and accurate data
•Enhance reporting capabilities for best practices and compliance statements

Who should attend:
-Management responsible for field service, plant and facilities management
-IT who support field service, plant and facilities management
Speakers: Bob Vavra, Editor, Plant Engineering Joe Granda, Executive Vice President, Syclo 
   
Click HERE for a complete list of our upcoming live and archived on demand webcasts.

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Sept. 23-25 National Manufacturing Week (co-located with Assembly Technology Expo, Electronics Assembly Show, PLASTICS USA/PLASTEC Midwest, Medical Design & Manufacturing Midwest and Green Manufacturing Expo). Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, IL.
(310)445-4200		 www.manufacturingweek.com
Oct. 13-15 ARC Asset Lifecycle Management Forum Marriott Westchase Hotel
Houston, TX
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Oct. 14-16 ISA Expo 2008 Reliant Center
Houston, TX
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Nov. 19-20 Rockwell Automation Fair Gaylord Opryland Complex
Nashville, TN		 www.rockwellautomation.com/events/automationfair/
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