GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Horse Length, Cleaner Production, Geothermal Heating

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Douglas Bower

Document Summary

All facilities, functions, and activities associated with the flow and transformation of goods and services from raw materials to customer, as well as the associated information flows. Managing flow of information through supply chain in order to attain the level of synchronization that will make it more responsive to customer needs while lowering costs. Meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. In the early 1990s, xerox warehouses were full of used copiers. Taking them apart and using their parts to produce new products. Design so that used products can be easily taken apart. Design focus on reducing the number of parts in a product and on assembly methods and sequence. Use the same internal component for a variety of products. In 2005, 38 000 metric tons of equipment was returned to xerox. And of those metric tons, only 2% of the material has actually made it into the waste stream.