Green is smart business - today and for the future.

Green Manufacturing is part of a continuous improvement strategy helping manufacturers improve their productivity, profitability and competitiveness. Green seamlessly integrates with Lean Manufacturing practices to optimize processes resulting in improved environmental, worker health and safety and energy performance.

Generating waste costs money. You pay for it three times over - when you buy it, when you process it and when you dispose of it. CONNSTEP's Green Manufacturing program will show you how improved environmental performance and increased profitability go hand in hand. Using environmental best practices to eliminate the "other wastes" is the next logical step in the Lean transformation. The benefits of Green Manufacturing include:

  Reduced scrap and rework
  Reduced hazardous wastes
  Improved environmental performance
  Prevention of compliance and liability costs
  Reduced quantity of raw materials, resource and energy required to realize your product.

CONNSTEP's Green Manufacturing experts can help you eliminate waste at its source, meet regulatory requirements and maximize the effective use of your resources. Green Manufacturing Solutions include:

  Material and resource selection and optimization
  Process improvements
  Energy conservation and management
  Water conservation
  Assessments and audits
  Regulatory compliance
  ISO 14001, Environmental Management System (EMS)
  OHSAS 18001:  Occupational Health and Safety Management System 

Contact us to learn more about Green Manufacturing

Printable Green Manufacturing Flyer (.pdf)

Green Suppliers Network (GSN)
The Green Suppliers Network is a collaborative venture among industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), offering subsidized Lean/Clean Manufacturing projects for manufacturers. GSN projects include top level assessment with estimate of cost saving opportunities; value stream and process maps to identify sources of waste; facilitated opportunities session; and a final report with recommendations and cost benefit analysis.

Green Suppliers Network Video Highlights Lean & Clean Practices
The Green Suppliers Network and the State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality produced a video detailing how they help companies improve environmental performance while increasing growth and profits. You can watch the video here.