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Green Concept: A Case Study on Manufacturing

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Swapnil V. Ghinmine*, Prof. D. I. Sangotra**, M. A. Gaodi***
*Lecturer. Dept. of Mechanical engineering, DMIETR, Sawangi (M), Wardha ,Maharashtra, India.
**Associate Prof. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Y.C.C.E., Wanadongri, Nagpur,Maharashtra, India.
***Assistant Prof. Dept. of Mechanical engineering, DMIETR, Sawangi (M), Wardha ,Maharashtra, India.

Abstract - The Aim of the study is to look after the green ISO 14001, the environmental management systems (EMS)
concept factors which helps to achieve the economic stability. standard is a good start for green concept. It contains
By adopting the green concept strategies the manufacturing requirements for the prevention of pollution and for
sector helps in the increase of environmental performance. continual improvement. That means it should act as a
The present study includes questionnaire survey and advice
foundation for environmental performance enhancement
from the industrial experts about the green concept. The
result categories the green concept in 8 factors.Policies related and Green manufacturing is a natural extension of EMS.
to the Environment, Top Management Commitment, Green Each aspect of the MMTC Green Manufacturing program
Manufacturing, Green Design, Green Purchasing, Customer is fully compatible with ISO 14001.
Awareness Program, Green Distribution, Training and
Employee Involvement. The data was analyzed on the basis of LITERATURE SURVEY
mean score. The result shows that factors which has less mean
Only little amount of work has been done on green concept
score should be provided more stress for the implementation
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in manufacturing. A lot amount of work is still under
of green concept in the manufacturing industry.
process. Many researchers has proposed there work on
Keywords: Green Concept, Green Manufacturing, Green green concept.KshitijDashore, Dr. NagendraSohani
2013[1] various barriers and drivers of Green Supply Chain
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Design, Green Distribution.

Management (GSCM) were identified based upon the GSM
INTRODUCTION literature and on consultations with experts in the
academics. The barriers that were identified are eco design,
Today there is increasing pressure for almost every green manufacturing, green distribution, green packaging,
manufacturer to go “green”. Green concept in Hence to overcome the difficulties and for proper
manufacturing is defined as the creation of manufactured implementation of GSCM in the organization proper
products that use processes that are non-polluting, conserve attention must be paid to these barriers and drivers. Walton
energy and natural resources, and are economically sound et al. (1998) [4 ] identified several ways through which the
and safe for employees, communities, and consumers. impact of green procurement has on the environment.
Green manufacturing is also called as sustainable Quinghu Zhu et al (2008) [6] has given the concept of
manufacturing. Going green in manufacturing includes the different factors like Green Procurement, , Customer
manufacturing of “sustainable” products and the Cooperation, Internal Environmental Management, Eco
sustainable manufacturing of all products. It includes Design, and Investment Recovery. Lamming and Hampson
manufacturing of renewable energy, energy efficiency, (1996) [7] linked the concept of supply chain management
practices with environmentally sound
green building, and other “green” & social equity-related
Management practices like environmental procurement
products.
policy and working with
The past decade of rapid economic growth has brought Suppliers to enable improvements, collaborative supply
many benefits to India, the environment has suffered, strategies, vendor assessment. Handfield et al. (2002) [4]
has proposed a multi attribute decision making model to
exposing the population serious air and water pollution. A
identify and measure several environmental practices of
new report finds that environmental degradation costs India
suppliers. Zhu et al.,( 2005, 2007); Ninlawan et al.,( 2010)
$80 billion per year or 5.7% of its economy. . Green [8] conducted a case study on green supply chain
concept strategies are needed promote sustainable growth management practices in Chinese automobile industries
and to break the pattern of environmental degradation and and Thailand electronics industries.They observed that
natural resource depletion. Emission reductions can be increasing pressure on employee with the help of top
achieved with minimal cost to GDP. management commitment can improve the environmental
performance and lead to economic stability.

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OBJECTIVE OF STUDY Green Design is also called as sustainable designer

environmental design, environmentally sustainable design
To look for the various eco drivers that were practicing in or environmentally conscious design. The steel that was
the industry and there implementation in the manufacturing used in the industry contains 93.3 % recycled scrap steel.
industries. This steel is recycled back into new steel product with no
loss of its physical properties. This steel is not just recycled
METHODOLOGY:
but multicycled as it can be recycled over and over again.
Research methodology consist of developing the
4] Green Manufacturing (Average mean score 1.385)
benchmarking questionnaire and to conduct a case study
based on these questionnaire. Case study consist of Green Manufacturing is the process which constantly
discussing the various factors of green concept in focuses on the reduction of the waste materials
manufacturing industry with industrial expert who have the
fair knowledge and judgment of the green concept. For this purpose Industry has implemented JIT
Research methodology consist of 8 eco factors which helps manufacturing in there process , which gives prime focus
manufacturing industry to achieve the green sustainability. on the reduction of the waste materials and produce
Performance of each of the green strategy will depends on products at minimum cost with more stress on green
the aggregate score. The company responded to the survey manufacturing.
and was marked on the five point scale (1- good, 2-
The scrap material that was collected during the
average, 3- better, 4- important, 5 – best) to the extent
manufacturing process was sent to the SMS (Steel Melting
which they were practicing.These green concept factors
Shop) where it is again casted into steel slabs.
helps industries to evaluate their strength and weakness and
helps the industries for the implementation of the green 5] Green Distribution (Average mean score 1.472)
supply chain management.
Green Distribution consist of green packaging. Packaging
CASE STUDY: characteristics of the materials such as size,shape and
materials have an impact on distribution because they
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Case study was conducted on the manufacturing industry
affect the transportation characteristics of the product.
which mainly manufacture fasteners for the transmission
lines. According to the general practices followed in the For packaging the fasteners gunny bags were used instead
industry following factors has been observed in the of using the plastic or steel containers. These gunny bags
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industry. are recyclable and can be used again and again.

1] Green Purchasing (Average mean score 1.792) 6] Training and Employee Involvement. (Average mean
score 1.395)
Green purchasing is nothing but environmental friendly
purchasing which helps in reducing harm to the Industry ask employee and workers to form quality circles
environment. It can be helpful if we give more stress on the which will focus on problem solving driven by ecofriendly
following points 1] paperless work. 2] Transportation. 3] measures thereby making them more aware about green
Vendor identification. 4] Appreciation of ecofriendly concept. Seminar session are arranged for the workers and
vendors. For establishing Green Purchasing materials and senior managers from the other industries are welcomed to
spares part purchasing department should actively guides give them training on green practices.
suppliers of chemicals oils, construction materials, and
packaging materials. 7] Customers Awareness Program. (Average mean score
1.826)
2] Policies related to the Environment (Average mean
score 1.253) Customer meetings is carried out for green purposes also
interaction and feedback from customers is taken on green
Reduce environmental risk through operating practicing product to create awareness about green concept and green
and emergency preparedness program. Encouragement of manufacturing.
recycling, recovery and reuse of residual materials as well
as the reduction and prevention of emission and release to 8] Top management commitment. (Average mean score
the extent demonstrated feasible. 1.364)

3] Green Design (Average mean score 1.960) Top management commitment support long term green
practices process. It provides support for green concept
Green design is a plan which has a goal to minimize the over long budget scheduled. It also monitors the processes
use of recyclable materials that clog landfills and replacing that were practicing in the industry.
them with materials that are reusable.

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