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A look at the issues surrounding manufacturing


No matter what line of work you are involved in there are going to be certain issues you are going to have to deal with, basically there are going to be certain issues that surround your business and manufacturing is no exception. As a business owner or manager you are going to have to stay aware of the issues surrounding manufacturing so you can make sure that they don't affect your company.

Here is a look at some of the issues surrounding manufacturing.

Number one:
In our current economy manufacturing is one of the biggest sources of pollution and wasted energy. In fact manufacturing accounts for about 25% of the energy used each year in the United States. But aside from all of the energy it consumes manufacturing often leads to pollution because most of the energy that is used in manufacturing is obtained via combustion processes from coal, coke, natural gases, oil, and waste which generate a lot of harmful greenhouse gases. No matter which kind of manufacturing you are doing it is going to create some type of pollution because of the amount and type of waste that is produced. But that is where green manufacturing comes in, by making a few small changes you can help make your manufacturing plant more environmentally friendly.


Number two:
Raw materials are materials that are first extracted from the earth and are then divided into a form that can be easily transported and stored. Raw materials are then processed to produce semi-finished materials, these products are then shipped somewhere else to be used. The semi-finished materials are then used in the production of the finishing product which is distributed and sold to consumers around the world. One thing about obtaining raw materials for manufacturing is that not many places sell raw materials so your options for getting them are limited. You might have to contact other countries if the raw materials are not available in the United States.

Number three:
When you work at a manufacturing plant accidents can and will happen at work. But the thing about work related accidents is that many of them can be avoided all together if you were to improve your safety program or if you were to implement a safety program and follow through with it. All too often safety rules and regulations are not followed because they are too easy to ignore, employees tend to think that the rules don't apply to them so they won't wear safety glasses or hard hats. And the sad thing is that many managers don't enforce the safety rules and regulations so the employees don't think that they are wrong. Even if you have a safety program that your manufacturing plant follows you can still find numerous ways to improve the safety program, which in turn can help you to reduce the number of work related injuries that you have.

Number four:
Many manufacturing plants have a lot of product waste, whether it is from inferior manufacturing techniques or poor quality manufacturing. But if you are in manufacturing you are going to want to make waste reduction a high priority so that you are better using your resources, which in the long run will help the company overall.

Number five:
When it comes to hiring employees there are many tips and tricks that you can follow to hopefully hire the best employees that you can find. But no matter how hard you work at hiring the employees you are still going to have to make sure that your employees stick around. In some areas of employment it is easier to get your employees to stay than in others, such as manufacturing. But the good news is that there are some things that you can do to retain employees at your manufacturing plant.

But something that you need to keep in mind is that these are only some of the issues that are currently affecting manufacturing, there are still many other issues that affect manufacturing.

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