Question

Jeans Unlimited produces clothing for young adults. It designs its clothes at its New York headquarters and produces them at facilities located in two Southeast Asian countries. The company recently received negative press after one of its facilities was found using questionable labor practices, such as, employing children and operating in a manner that damages the environment. Jeans Unlimited plans to set up new facilities that are designed specifically to reduce impact on the environment. The management has emphasized on recycling and reusing most of their resources. What concept is the company emphasizing on in this scenario?

Answer 1

Answer: Material Efficiency

Explanation: Material Efficiency is concerned with  the use of physical processes that uses less material to produce higher outputs using recycled materials thereby reducing wastes.

Material efficiency uses the strategy of re-manufacturing and modular manufacturing, reuse and recycling of product components, using less material in product designs and redesigning manufacturing processes to use less energy, less water and less raw materials.

Material efficiency help not only in reducing manufacturing costs but also in reducing wastes and associated costs.