Using an EMS to Improve Supplier Performance

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Using an EMS to Improve Supplier Performance

• September 28, 2005

Patti Carrier New Hampshire Ball
Bearings, Inc.
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Agenda

• About NHBB
• Supplier program
• On-site contractors
• Procurement practices
• Critical suppliers (services)
• Freight carriers
• Whats next?
• Life cycle assessments and procurement

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About NHBB

• Founded in New Hampshire in 1946
• Wholly owned subsidiary of NMB (USA) and Minebea
  Co., Ltd.
• Metal finisher
• HiTech Division in Peterborough, NH
• Global supplier of precision ball and roller
  bearings
• Aerospace applications
• Employs 500 people

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NHBBs Drivers

• Applications life critical
• Our Values
• Quality
• Integrity
• Partnerships
• Learning Organization
• Social Sensibility
• ISO 9001 and 14001
• Risk Management

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On-Site Contractors

• Communicate Aspects Guidelines
• HVAC maintenance
• Landscaping
• No lawn chemicals
• Cafeteria
• No Styrofoam
• Medical services
• Forklift PMs
• Boiler PMs

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Procurement Practices

• Janitorial supplies
• Cleaners
• Capital
• Critical services
• Questionnaires and surveys
• NEMA Premium efficiency motors
• Commodities
• Buy Recycled

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Procurement Practices -Buying Recycled
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Some examples..

• Business cards
• Company forms
• Envelopes letterhead
• Corrugated cardboard
• Packaging containers
• Paper towels
• Toner and ink cartridges

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Critical services

• P2 questionnaire
• Recognized value in P2 projects
• Supplier survey
• 9 simple questions
• EMS Users group

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EMS Users Group

• Selection criteria Key Suppliers
• Small business
• Critical services
• Plating and coating
• Significant aspects
• NHBB partnered with EPA NE and NHDES to provide
  EMS training
• EPA invested 20,000
• NHBB offered suppliers preferred status

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Results of EMS Program

• Supplier projects yielded energy savings, water
  reductions and solid waste reductions
• 280,300/yr cost savings
• Environmental benefits beyond compliance
• Risk reduction in supplier business operations
• Enhanced competitiveness

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Benefits to NHBB

• Risk reduction
• Cost control
• Improved supplier performance
• Improved partnerships
• Preferred suppliers offered new opportunities

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Freight Carriers

• SmartWay Transport Partnership
• EPA and freight industry collaboration
• Started February, 2004
• Partners are commercial, industrial and public
  sector organizations
• Commit to reduce GHG emissions and improve fuel
  efficiency of ground freight transportation
• Bmps
• http//www.epa.gov/smartway/partners.htm
• NHBB uses SmartWay Partners for product shipments
  (all outbound freight)
• All inbound freight currently being reviewed

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Next steps

• Life cycle assessments
• Challenges due to our applications
• Non-product opportunities

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Contact Information

• Patricia Carrier
• Mgr., Facilities/Environmental
• New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
• HiTech Division
• 175 Jaffrey Road
• Peterborough, NH 03458
• 603-924-3311
• pcarrier_at_nhbb.com