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Integrating Energy Management and Lean Manufacturing
Abstract
There is a close relationship between energy
efficiency and lean manufacturing. Lean focuses on
the continuous elimination of non-value added
activities and waste in a manufacturing process.
Energy management focuses on the continuous
elimination of wasted energy in a manufacturing
process. This paper will focus on industrial facilities
that participated in a Power Smart Lean initiative
with Manitoba Hydro. The objective of this service
is to leverage lean principles by capitalizing on the
synergies between lean manufacturing and energy
management to increase the incorporation of energy
efficiency into a manufacturing plant. Case studies
are presented showing the resulting electric and gas
saving opportunities from identifying and reducing
wasted energy. Examples are presented to show the
incidental energy savings realized by facilities that
have used lean to improve productivity. Finally, case
studies are discussed which demonstrate the
utilization of lean approaches and tools with parallels
to energy management.
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Citation
Stocki, M. (2009). Integrating Energy Management and Lean Manufacturing. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /91076.