About the Program
FAQ
Q: Who are the members of the eco-SMART team?
A: MAGNET’s Product Design and Development division, which was honored as one of the recipients of Managing Automation Media magazine’s Progressive Manufacturing Awards in June 2009, will play a key role in helping companies design or redesign their products with environmental concerns in mind.
Affinity Consultants specializes in the development of innovative, sustainable solutions that improve a customer’s environmental, health and safety systems. Affinity will conduct assessments that determine which action a company needs to take to call themselves a "sustainable manufacturer." Affinity will also provide business consulting services on air, water, waste, energy and safety.
Q: What are the steps in an eco-SMART Manufacturing Program project?
A: The 4-D approach—Define, Discover, Develop and Deploy—will be used to examine five critical areas within a company: products, operations, facilities, culture and marketing.
Information gained through this comprehensive process will lead to recommendations and action steps. Once an action plan has been approved, the company will move forward with the implementation of a customized program that will lead to top and bottom line growth and place the company in an elite group of manufacturers with a true competitive edge in the marketplace.
“We’ve called our program eco-SMART for a reason,” says Ed Nolan, Vice President of Consulting Delivery for MAGNET. “Manufacturers who use our program will be repositioning their company into a new strategy so that it can take advantage of the growing worldwide consumer and regulatory demand for products that respect environmental, conservation and safety concerns.”