greenUP! announces a FREE virtual training for metal manufacturers and finishers. The training is on seven Wednesdays beginning on July 14 and ending on October 6th. Register here: https://conta.cc/3vmK9z6 The training will address the many challenges that Metal Manufacturers and Finishers face in today’s marketplace including managing hazardous materials, compliance with environmental inspections and regulations […]
During COVID, many office building workers were required to work from home. Today, while the COVID threat is passing, many offices are continuing to work remotely. This webinar hosted by the Sustainable Building Coalition and Nevada Green Business Network addresses the practical challenges of a remote workforce. How do we continue to engage employees in […]
Week 2: Success Stories - "Real World Examples from the Metal Manufacturing Industry " Building on Week 1, this course will give in depth examples from businesses with an emphasis on the metal manufacturing sector. We will show how one company went beyond recycling to save over $500,000 while improving their productivity, supply chain reliability […]
Week 3: Best Management Practices for Metal Finishing presented by Miguel Rodas and Jennifer Kong. This training offers a rare look inside the practices businesses use to improve efficiency for metal finishing processing. The benefits and challenges of over 50 techniques to reduce waste, improve water use efficiency, and lower costs will be explored. The […]
Week 4 offers Best Management Practices for Cutting Fluids and other issues. This training will showcase some of the work the Washington Department of Ecology (Rolfe Parsloe) has done to help businesses voluntarily lower their regulatory burden while improving efficiency, lowering waste and increasing their competitiveness. The focus will be on cutting fluids.
Week 5: "Safer Alternatives in Solvent Applications for Metal Processing." Katy Wolf will cover solvents including vapor degreasing, paint stripping, aerosol cleaning lubricants, and metalworking fluids are used by thousands of companies for cleaning metal processing. This training will explore potential alternatives to harmful solvents and tradeoffs for each of the methods. Also covered is […]
Week 6 covers Using Lean Manufacturing to uncover opportunities.This course explains how to use over a dozen lean principles for optimal performance in metal manufacturing. It will look at it from the unique perspective of using lean to reduce material use and waste. These techniques reduce waste such as time, labor and rework, by using […]
Week 7 - Thomas Vinson, Zero Waste Enterprises will explore Lean Practices and Success Stories. This talk will dive deeply into the processes businesses use to identify lean projects, prioritize their activities and build support within the company.
