Green Jobs, Sustainable Manufacturing and Renewable Energy Supply Chains

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Green Jobs, Sustainable Manufacturing and
Renewable Energy Supply Chains

• National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
  (NACFAM)

Jeffrey Mittelstadt VP, Sustainable
Manufacturing NACFAM 3/17/09
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NACFAMs Role in Green Jobs

• Participate in and organize partnerships that
  bring all stakeholders together to
• Facilitate dialogue among engage all relevant
  stakeholders
• Define categorize Green manufacturing jobs
• Define categorize necessary skills and
  standards
• Develop applicable training frameworks, models
  programs
• Implement training workforce development
  programs
• Determine proper channels to get information
  training to those who need it most
• Help identify procure available resources for
  these projects

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Green Jobs in Manufacturing
The Shades of Green
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Skills and Skill Standards
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Green Jobs in Manufacturing
The Shades of Green
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What is Sustainable Manufacturing?

• Borrowing from the United Nations definition of
  sustainable development
• Sustainable manufacturing meets the needs of the
  present without compromising the ability of
  future generations to meet their own needs.
• Department of Commerce Definition
• Sustainable manufacturing is defined as the
  creation of manufactured products that use
  processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy
  and natural resources, and are economically sound
  and safe for employees, communities, and
  consumers.
• Applies to all products
• NACFAM includes the manufacturing of
  sustainable products

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Hierarchical Steps to Sustainable Manufacturing
Industrial Ecology
Derived from many sources and research
(including Cradle-to-cradle, Pochampally et al.
and many other papers)
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Ideal Closed-Loop Supply Chain

• Application of McDonough Braungart theory to
  Pochampally, Nukala, Gupta closed-loop theory

Production/ Manufacturing (OEMs)
Component Suppliers
Material Inputs
T
B
T
Consumers (Ind. or bus.) Use
T
Waste to Recovery
Raw Materials
Remanufacture Reuse
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Material Input Demand Centers
Collection Centers
B
Recovery Facilities
B
Natural Environment
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Network Centric Manufacturing (NCM)
Above diagram from DSN Innovations
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NCM and Green Product Supply Chains

• Regional NCM Solutions Will Provide
  Infrastructure Framework for
• Collaboration among suppliers
• Entrance of suppliers into new markets
• Longer term resiliency durability
• Innovation within the supply networks
• NACFAM Its Partners Can Help
• Design, Develop Implement the Framework for the
  NCM Infrastructure
• Perform the Regional NCM Inventory
• Design Monitoring Assessments
• Plan Manage NCM events workshops
• Manage Facilitate C-level Collaboration
• Facilitate Business Planning Modeling

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Questions Contact Info

• Contact Information mittelstadt.jeff_at_nacfam.org
• Work 202.367.1178 ext. 2
• Cell 919.308.9187

Jeffrey Mittelstadt VP, Sustainable
Manufacturing National Council for Advanced
Manufacturing (NACFAM) 3/17/09