Manufacturing Energy Strategic Planning

While many manufacturing energy management strategies have achieved substantial cost savings, most of these strategies have focused on incremental equipment replacement, training, energy-specific operational practices or related initiatives which have had shorter-term impacts. For the most part, these strategies have not delivered sustainable improvements or established a platform for further on-going cost savings. Many of these well-intentioned manufacturing energy strategies have been misaligned or are missing critical components which limit the long-term effectiveness of these energy management strategies.

The strategic energy plans developed by most manufacturers are focused on the management of energy in a manner which is separate from other resources (materials, equipment, personnel, etc.). By addressing energy in ways that are independent from the processes used to manage other manufacturing resources, the management of energy quickly becomes disconnected from the fundamental, core processes which occur regularly, routinely, and rapidly within manufacturing environments. Unless energy is integrated into the core processes used to drive manufacturing operations, even the most well-intentioned energy management initiatives will be marginalized by manufacturing's overriding need to satisfy schedules, achieve quality targets, fulfill customer orders, etc.

EnteGreat's approach to strategic energy planning for manufacturing organizations focuses on incorporating energy into manufacturing's core processes, rather than treating energy as an item that merits special attention outside of manufacturing's regular processes. By integrating energy into the core processes and structures used to manage manufacturing activities and make decisions across all levels of manufacturing organizations - energy gets accounted for and addressed in ways that make substantial, sustainable, and on-going cost savings possible.

Challenges
Energy strategies that address energy separately from other manufacturing resources create misalignment with core manufacturing process and functions. Unless energy is properly accounted for and factored into core manufacturing processes, it cannot be managed as effectively as other manufacturing resources, and will ultimately become a secondary consideration.

Solution: Manufacturing Energy Strategic Planning
What does the solution do?

• Changes the paradigm for managing energy within manufacturing
• Define strategies and processes which treat energy like other manufacturing resources - not something different which is separate and on the periphery of operations
• Re-orients existing strategic energy plans to properly align with manufacturing energy usage and management
• Integrates energy into standard operational / manufacturing planning and decision processes
• Establish a mechanism for on-going continuous improvement of energy usage

Key Business Benefits

• Improved operational performance
• Greater energy savings
• Sustainable cost reductions and business improvements related to energy usage within manufacturing
• Creates a platform designed for further on-going energy cost savings

Key Features

• More robust and practical strategic energy plans
• Plans which directly address how and why energy is used within manufacturing
• Direct alignment of manufacturing energy strategies with operational / manufacturing processes and metrics
• Comprehensive integration of energy into core manufacturing processes and structures:
  • Integration of energy as a "resource" within manufacturing that is managed in the same manner as other manufacturing resources across it's entire lifecycle
    • Planning
    • Scheduling
    • Execution-level decisions
    • Performance metrics / KPIs
    • Waste reduction and management
    • Continuous improvement
  • Integration of manufacturing energy management with energy-related regulatory compliance (Green House Gases, Carbon Tracking, etc.)
  • Proper integration of energy management-related activities and objectives into job / position descriptions and objectives
  • Integration of organizational change management initiatives to drive adoption and entrenchment of manufacturing energy management best practices

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