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Off-loading Some Green Compliance Burdens: Can Enterprise Applications Meet the Challenge?
P.J. Jakovljevic - February 5, 2007

The Realities of Manufacturing Today

Nowadays manufacturers are increasingly subject to massive pressures due to the need for driving down costs and increasing efficiency. What makes things worse is that with product life cycles decreasing, manufacturing and distribution are increasing in complexity. This, for the manufacturer, translates into a need to better manage customer demands and expectations and to respond accordingly. Furthermore, manufacturers of electrical and electronics equipment must comply with a growing array of strict environmental regulations, many of which have already been implemented in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). More regulations are pending in Japan, China, and other countries. As in many other industries, the cost of compliance can be high, but the cost of noncompliance can be far greater. Thus, the industry winners have to gain the capabilities they need to adapt their businesses to meet regulatory requirements—from product design to compliance reporting, and from sourcing and procurement to service and repair—so that they can avoid costly penalties and product recalls, optimize processes to comply with changing regulations, build trusted brands, and protect shareholder value...


 
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