| Energy Efficiency isn't just for home owners | | | | a conveyor belt system. This reduces emissions and |
| anymore, businesses are starting to see the benefits | | | | energy use by cutting down on the amount of |
| of reducing their energy waste and therefore carbon | | | | forklift operating that has to be done and removing |
| footprint. The great thing is, in addition to saving | | | | the delivery trucks that were used to move goods |
| them money on their energy bills, the improvements | | | | from the factor to the warehouse. |
| are allowing many companies to provide better | | | | JohnsonDiversey also consolidated its product lines |
| service and quicker delivery. By reducing wasted | | | | into the same warehousing facility. This provides |
| energy you also reduce wasted time and cut out | | | | several energy efficiency benefits, the biggest being |
| inefficiencies in your business, leading to a leaner, | | | | reducing the number of delivery trucks going to |
| better business. This was certainly true for one | | | | customers. Previously different products ordered by |
| Wisconsin based company who recently implemented | | | | the same customer would be delivered by different |
| plans throughout their entire organization to cut | | | | trucks coming from different facilities, now each |
| energy use and lower emissions. | | | | truck is loaded with all of the products a customer |
| JohnsonDiversey produces cleaning and food safety | | | | orders. This decreases the overall number of miles |
| products and distributes them throughout the world. | | | | that their trucks drive significantly and provides nice |
| They have been taking steps throughout their | | | | energy savings. |
| organization to decrease their environmental impact | | | | The great thing about these energy saving steps is |
| and seen some great benefits. Amongst other things | | | | that the company is actually better able to serve its |
| they have consolidated their warehouse and | | | | customers as well. By consolidating facilities and |
| production spaces into a single location. This prevents | | | | increase efficiency they have seen a corresponding |
| unnecessary transport time and costs from the | | | | decrease in the amount of time it takes to fulfill and |
| factor to warehousing facilities. Previously the | | | | order. In addition they are saving their customers |
| company would have to use forklifts to load finished | | | | valuable employee time by only sending one truck to |
| goods onto a truck that was then driven to another | | | | be unloaded instead of three different trucks, each |
| facility where the products were unloaded and | | | | of which will make employees stop what they are |
| warehoused. Now finished products are simply | | | | doing in order to receive the incoming goods. |
| transported to the warehouse next door by way of | | | | |