Fujitsu Launches Full-Scale Green Process Activity Program

Fujitsu Ltd., one of Japan's top electronics manufacturers, has launched a company-wide program of "Green Process Activities" that will review every production line in each manufacturing process in order to reduce the volume of resource inputs and energy use, and thereby reduce environmental impacts. Through this program, the company aims to implement eco-friendly production processes that will lead to production cost cutbacks while contributing to resource conservation.

The company will add an environmental factor to its existing manufacturing process evaluation criteria of schedule, cost, performance and quality. Each factory will be required to set quarterly goals for each production line and evaluate its achievements to promote the program in an ongoing way.

The Cost Green (CG) indicator for each product line will be calculated based on the amount of resource input per production output, the degree of environmental impact (overall environmental indicator) and production growth (cost indicator), using the following formula:

Cost Green indicator = (resource input per production output)
x unit cost x degree of environmental impact

Before introducing the Green Process Activities program in all factories in March 2004, Fujitsu tested it at a semiconductor plant in Mie Prefecture starting in September 2002. After reviewing the results of this trial and identifying problem points, the company decided on the details in March 2003. During the six months of testing the program, the Mie Plant achieved a 7 percent reduction in the volume of chemicals and gases it used and a 16.5 percent cost reduction per unit production during those quarters.

http://eco.fujitsu.com/info/2003/2003report27_e.pdf
http://jp.fujitsu.com/about/magazine/backnumber/vol54-6e.html

Posted: 2004/05/24 03:37:40 PM
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