Value to Glass Manufacturers

• Main drivers of value are efficiency, productivity, and throughput
  
  
• NOTE : The time and resources it takes to solve a problem, is often very drawn out, costly, subjective and ultimately, non conclusive
  
  
• All about continuous improvements
  
  
• Being able to properly identify process problems on customer lines and schedule capital expenditures more efficiently
  
  
• Regarding the Increased cost of integrating new technology
  
  • Risk of increased costs outweighed by time /energy/relationship savings
    
    
• For the Manufacturer- In the minds of the customer (fillers), they are doing their job
  
  • Manufacturer
    
    • Energy to fire production furnaces
    • Resources to make each bottle
      
      
• Corporate Responsibility
  
  • Reducing Landfill waste
    
    
• Ethical
  
  • less Energy
  • less materials
  • less waste
    
    
• More profit per unit with lighter glass