Green computing, sustainable manufacturing
[Johannesburg, 17 April 2012] -
Speaking at the recent Green Computing Conference that was held in Johannesburg, Kevin Dees, Technology Director for Adapt IT Solutions, said visibility and awareness around greener environments is growing. “The key focus area does, however, need to be on sustainability,” says Dees.Dees used Professor David Dornfeld from the University of Berkeley's documentation of the perpetual manufacturing paradigm shifts as a basis for the technology industry to strive towards sustainable manufacturing. “We have evolved from a craft production paradigm (medieval times) to a mass production paradigm (late 1800s). We then moved on to a flexible production paradigm and now find ourselves in a small lot production paradigm. The next paradigm shift must be towards sustainable manufacturing,” says Dees.Along with a number of other factors such as societal influences and the supply chain, sustainable manufacturing takes the entire product life cycle into consideration, from the point of origin through to disposal, says Dees. “As a manufacturer, I need to consider the fact that the customer will not only buy the product from me, but at some point that same customer will be seeking to dispose of that commodity. We will reach the point of sustainable manufacturing once the entire life cycle and a number of other key factors are considered and engineered into our production paradigm.”
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