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E3 Supplier Engagement

A fact sheet to help large manufacturers identify and nominate those suppliers who they think could benefit most from joining the Green Suppliers Network.

E3 Success Story - Whirlpool Trains Staff on Lean and Green Advantage

Whirlpool Corporation invited Green Suppliers Network representatives to its Monterrey facility to provide training on the Lean and Green Advantage. The project sought to expand E3 initiatives to every part of the company's operations.

E3 Value Stream Mapping How-to Guide

Presentations and PDFs on value stream mapping for various sectors, which can reveal substantial opportunities to reduce costs, enhance production flow, save time, reduce inventory, and improve environmental performance.

E3 Success Story - E3 Southwest Virginia: Economy, Energy and the Environment

E3 Southwest Virginia supports sustainable manufacturing in 17 counties in southwest Virginia. The MTC provides manufacturers with assessments of production processes to reduce their energy consumption and drive innovation.

E3 Success Story - San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind

Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center conducted an E3 assessment that identified nine specific recommendations in the area of energy efficient lighting, compressed air usage and HVAC controls.

E3 Success Story - Taking Small Bites Out of an Elephant

In 2006, Rapid-Line Inc. turned to the Green Suppliers Network to help reduce its operational costs and environmental impact.

Blue Ridge Fiberboard E3 Success Story

Case study of Blue Ridge Fiberboard, participating in the Danville/Pittsylvania County Regional E3 effort. Its goal is to identify potential opportunities and benefits in the E3 areas.

E3 Sample Invitation Email

A sample email to begin to craft your invitation to your suppliers when beginning an E3 initiative.

Planning AD Projects

Page provides information to help make an informed decision about installing an anaerobic digester. Is it a good match for a farm’s organic waste, project financing, development guidelines and permit requirements?

E3 Sample Commitments

Sample commitments to use in formalizing your Green Suppliers Network.

E3 Success Story - San Antonio E3 Case Study: UEMC “Now Hiring”

exas Manufacturing Assistance Center conducted an E3 assessment as part of the local Lean-Clean-Energy program in October of 2009. Overall, UEMC has reduced demand by approximately 30kw and reduced consumption by over 100,000 kwh/year.

Lean and Clean Value Stream Mapping

This document explains value stream mapping: a Lean process -mapping method for understanding the sequence of activities used to produce a product.

E3 Sample Follow-up Email

Sample follow-up email to assist in identifying and nominating those suppliers who you think could benefit most from joining the Green Suppliers Network; your role is to facilitate supplier selection and engagement.

E3 Success Story - Plastic Molding Technology, Inc.

Customer surveys prompted PMT to address new areas which included sustainability issues and reduction goals for energy, water and solid wastes; they were looking for a way to link their reduction projects into their system.

E3 Success Story - Continuing Success in San Antonio, Tx

E3 Texas, launched in San Antonio in 2009 continued to expand with 23 facilities participating statewide in 2011.

E3 Success Story -Reducing Rework With the Lean and Green Advantage: Metal Finishing Technologies, Inc

Green Suppliers Network representatives Judy Wlodarczyk and Bill Caplan, of CONNSTEP, Inc., trained the MFT review team, and together they completed current and future state value stream maps for the zinc plating line.

E3 Success Story - Making an Investment in the Company: C.U.E.

C.U.E. in Mount Hope, West Virginia, makes molded and cast parts.An array of opportunities were found by WVMEP to implement lean production principles in areas such as mistake proofing, kanban systems, rapid exchange of dies, 5S, and value stream mapping.