| Values to Determine |
Cost Savings |
Carbon Footprint Reduction |
| Trace annual cost increase of packaging materials |
$ |
* |
| Collect Annual Purchasing Costs of Packaging Material |
$ |
* |
| Determine Value of Damaged Replacement Parts When Shipped via UPS or Fedex |
$ |
* |
| Determine Value of Employee time and expense in issuing credit and reshipping |
$ |
* |
| Determine unpaid claims by UPS and Fedex |
$ |
* |
| Identify inbound consumption of diesel fuel by distributor of packaging supplies such as bubble wrap, poly urethane, styrene, etc |
$ |
* |
| Measure average pollution of diesel engine per distributor to delivery at your facility |
$ |
* |
| Measure how cardboard is recycled as scrap |
$ |
* |
| Identify dumpster expense of scrap cardboard or other packaging materials |
$ |
* |
| Measure cost of transportation of scrap cardboard from collection point A to recycling center |
$ |
* |
| Measure pollution of diesel engine from plant to recycle center or landfill |
$ |
* |
| Attend a demonstration of the Cushion Pack Shredder, identify all sources of scrap cardboard that may be shredded to make packaging material for all depts. |
$ |
* |
| Convert tonnage of cardboard to be recycled and convert to board feet of lumber |
$ |
* |
| Measure to determine if shipping damages are reduced by use of Cushion Pack shredded cardboard |
$ |
* |
| If shipping damages are reduced, investigate the use of thinner cardboard boxes to both reduce cost and reduce consumption in tons of new thinner boxes |
$ |
* |
| Convert tonnage of cardboard from point of tree cutting to cardboard plant or to cardboard sheeting plant to measure diesel consumption |
$ |
* |
| Identify cost of cardboard shredder operation, using 4.0kW or 4.8kW motor with BTU cost |
$ |
* |
| CP440 is designed for 24 hours per day of operation, measure output of operator per hour of operation |
$ |
* |
| Identify cost of operation of Jet DC-1100 dust collect based on BTU cost |
$ |
* |
| Use CP440 to claim OSHA Source Reduction Credits for those mandated by OSHA to reduce volatile compounds |
$ |
* |
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$ column will reflect money spent or saved.
* column reflects effect on carbon footprint.
Partner with MBA program at NetImpact.org for submission of study.
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Houston, TX 77086
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