This is one area of our process that Reduce the use of we have new packaging Operations significant (design, material whenever Less waste control over. manufacturing, we can re-use being put One of our 1 5 5 11 Yes 1 packaging and packing distribution into landfills. Objectives (cardboard boxes, use and end of deals with the system bags, life) reduction and foams chips, etc) reuse of packaging materials. This is one Divert toxic area of our materials in process that computer we have products significant from control over. Operations Offer to customers landfills and (design, Our EMS a proper solution potential manufacturing, addresses to dispose of their environment 2 5 5 12 Yes 2 packaging and recycling of distribution obsolete IT leakage. our product use and end of equipment Also reuses and other life) natural company's resources product to already minimize the extracted at environmental least once. impact. Less energy We excluded used in our this because production our design of Operations (design, Maximize floor means less our new manufacturing, space efficiency to impact on facility already 2 3 3 8 No 3 packaging and use less environment took this into distribution power/electricity from energy consideration use and end of production when we life) and design the transmission. in 2005. Review manufacturing Less energy process to New imaging used in our minimize energy process production Operations consumption. decreases (design, means less New burn-in imaging time manufacturing, impact on procedure powers from 10 2 3 3 8 No 4 packaging and environment distribution down equipment minutes to 3 from energy use and end of testing minutes x production life) instead equipment 10,000 units and running annually transmission. throughout non working hours We have less shipments to We have been and from doing this for our facility many years Operations (design, by have and will Order/deliver in manufacturing, products continue to do bulk whenever 1 5 5 11 Yes 5 packaging and delivered in so. Impact is distribution possible. bulk which minimal based use and end of life) decreases the on current amount of operating fuel model. expended
1 Operations (design, manufacturing, packaging and distribution use and end of life) Reduce the use of new packaging material whenever we can re-use packing (cardboard boxes, system bags, foams chips, etc) Less waste being put into landfills. This is one area of our process that we have significant control over. One of our Objectives deals with the reduction and reuse of packaging materials. 1 5 5 11 Yes 2 Operations (design, manufacturing, packaging and distribution use and end of life) Offer to customers a proper solution to dispose of their obsolete IT equipment Divert toxic materials in computer products from landfills and potential environment leakage. Also reuses natural resources already extracted at least once. This is one area of our process that we have significant control over. Our EMS addresses recycling of our product and other company's product to minimize the environmental impact. 2 5 5 12 Yes 3 Operations (design, manufacturing, packaging and distribution use and end of life) Maximize floor space efficiency to use less power/electricity Less energy used in our production means less impact on environment from energy production and transmission. We excluded this because our design of our new facility already took this into consideration when we design the in 2005. 2 3 3 8 No 4 Operations (design, manufacturing, packaging and distribution use and end of life) Review manufacturing process to minimize energy consumption. New burn-in procedure powers down equipment testing instead equipment running throughout non working hours Less energy used in our production means less impact on environment from energy production and transmission. New imaging process decreases imaging time from 10 minutes to 3 minutes x 10,000 units annually 2 3 3 8 No 5 Operations (design, manufacturing, packaging and distribution use and end of life) Order/deliver in bulk whenever possible. We have less shipments to and from our facility by have products delivered in bulk which decreases the amount of fuel expended We have been doing this for many years and will continue to do so. Impact is minimal based on current operating model. 1 5 5 11 Yes
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