Balancing Green IT With Operational Priorities in Manufacturing

ID Number: G00167977

22 June 2009

Dan Miklovic

While CIOs look to make IT operations "greener" to support environmental objectives, in manufacturing and utilities, where IT plays a supporting rather than central role, they must balance green IT with broader operational priorities.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Finding Where Green Fits in Your Organization

1.1

Differentiating Green IT from Green OT

2.0

Finding Where IT's Priorities Should Be

2.1		Evaluating Processes and Applications
2.2		Opportunities in PLM
2.3		Measuring Greenness
2.4		Looking for Green in Lean Value Streams
2.5		It's Not Easy Being a Green Corporate Culture
2.6		IT as a Team Member

3.0

Recommendations

Recommended Reading

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Dividing Lines of IT and the Other "T"

	Figure 2.	Enterprise View: Understand the Domains of Environmental Impact

	Figure 3.	Green Relevance in Business Processes for Manufacturing

	Figure 4.	Shortening the Journey to Lean

IT Spending
Financial Justification
CIO and IT Leadership
Manufacturing Systems
Manufacturing Competitive Strategies
Green IT

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