Green Manufacturing Insights

What an amazing week.  At the Progressive Manufacturing Summit in Sarasota, FL, I recently got to spend time on stage in a round table discussion with Managing Automation Editor-In-Chief David Brousell and senior executives from Dow Chemical,  Cisco Systems and General Dynamics.  I never thought I would be on a panel with manufacturing giants like this.  It was an amazing exchange of strategies our companies were using to combat the economic downturn.  What a great experience. 

This was topped the next evening when my company, VirTex Assembly was awarded the summit’s highest honor Progressive Manufacturer of the Year in the Small to Mid Size company category.  We were awarded this for a project we started using “right-shoring” principles.  If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know I believe in alternatives to China and selecting the best location to do the work which gives lowest cost, lowest inventory levels and lowest overall logistics cost.  This minimizes a lot of the waste associated with the high amounts  of fuel and shipping containers spent sending everything across the ocean.  What a great validation of our business model.   

Brad

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