Generally, remanufacturing operations are organized under manufacturing, plant management etc. When a company announces a separate division fo remanufacturing, I believe they are taking a more systematic approach to managing this high-margin, high-growth, environmentally-friendly operation- and express their commitment. Well it happened before with CAT, and now John Deere is reorganizing its remanufacturing operations that has long been going on under the name Phoenix Reman Group. The new name will be Deere Reman – Edmonton. Please read more about Deere Reman here.
Another company, ArvinMeritor, announced that they acquired Mascot Trucks, a remanufacturer of truck parts with six facilities and logistics centers in NA. ArvinMeritor started remanufacturing in 1982 with its axle carrier remanufacturing operations. Now, they consider remanufacturing as a major growth opportunity. Carsten Reinhardt, president of ArvinMeritor's Commercial Vehicle Systems business said, "This expansion of our remanufacturing business makes sense for our customers and aligns with our business strategy to grow the aftermarket business."
Happy holidays and a peaceful 2008!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Small businesses can make a big impact
You always tend to think that big corporations has to keep up with environmental initiatives, and should do more to sustain environment than the small and medium sized enterprise
s. Well, in a way, that's correct, they are the ones, who should have the strictest compliance with regulations, and ambitious initiatives for environment, because their impact will simply be of a huge ordinance.
But... Think about this: 99% of all US companies
are small business, says Jim Rise of Greener Computing. This makes more than 25 million small businesses, this time not individually but cumulatively having a huge impact on sustainability. The options to make-it-better are endless in their offices, from recycling paper and using "energy star" office equipment, to choosing OEMs that have end-of-use take back policies (for remanufacturing or recycling) for office equipment purchases.
This is a great article, read the full version "How Small-Office IT
Can Make a Big Impact" here.
s. Well, in a way, that's correct, they are the ones, who should have the strictest compliance with regulations, and ambitious initiatives for environment, because their impact will simply be of a huge ordinance. But... Think about this: 99% of all US companies
are small business, says Jim Rise of Greener Computing. This makes more than 25 million small businesses, this time not individually but cumulatively having a huge impact on sustainability. The options to make-it-better are endless in their offices, from recycling paper and using "energy star" office equipment, to choosing OEMs that have end-of-use take back policies (for remanufacturing or recycling) for office equipment purchases. This is a great article, read the full version "How Small-Office IT
Can Make a Big Impact" here.
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