Project Participants University of Colorado: Leeds School of Business Jin Hongsuni University of Colorado at Boulder 303-883-6661 SERA Nguyen University of Colorado at Boulder 720-496-3970 Chris Straface University of Colorado at Boulder 925-575-0360 Douglas Waechter University of Colorado at Boulder 303-304-0415 Bottling Group (PBG) Dan Frauenfelder Bottling Group Process Compliance Manager 720-641-5346 (Cell) 303-299-4315 (Work) Stephanie McIsaac Pepsi Bottling Group Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist 303-713-4976 Mentor Contact Information Jim Marlatt University of Colorado at Boulder Course Instructor 720-933-5541 (Cell) Bob Harland Hitachi Consulting 720-258-0306 (Work) 303-717-6351 (Cell)
The blue boards and digital screen will be implemented parallel to the of the whole conservation project. Employee Meetings The purpose of the employee meetings as part of the awareness plan is to inform employees of up-to-date conservation results and how to improve. All employees at the Denver PBG Center are currently scheduled to have a meeting with their managers once every 4 weeks to be updated on company information. Managers will take this opportunity to include a small report on the results and impact of the conservation projects. Managers will then assert “points of solutions”. “Points of solutions” are quick tips to help guide employees to make quick decisions during daily work schedules to conserve resources. Managers will end the subject with questions and comments from employees. Managers report current conservation results 4 weeks during employee meetings. The conservation project reporting during employee meetings will one month after the project initiation and end when the projects itself ends. Management Meetings The purpose of the management meetings as part of the awareness plan is for managers to take time to talk about resource usage. Managers of the facility will evaluate the efficiency of resource usage during the last production day. Managers will be responsible to determine possible ways to help the facility save resources such as tips or suggestions, improving resource efficiency of the next day’s production. All managers will be assigned a challenge called “The Supervisor’s Challenge” as part of the water savings initiative. All managers as a group will be responsible for .5% of the total possible water savings. During the meetings, managers will discuss their plans to accomplish “The Supervisor Challenge”. During morning management meetings, managers will reserve time to discuss resource conservation 2. The resource conservation discussions will start one week after project initiation and end when the project is done.
PBG Denver – Water Reclaim System Reduce annual consumption by ten percent (10%). It was determined that due to the PBG Denver facilities annual case production, that 10% was a good target for savings. Action Plan for achieving 10% water savings Water meters were installed at all critical process points around the PBG Denver facility. If a meter could not be installed between or at a process point, water was collected and measured by weight. An excel file was created for inputting daily values of water consumption at each process via installed meters. Using this excel file, monetary values were assigned to consumption via utilities’ bill. (Appendix C) Based on case production and water exiting PBG facility via drain, values were assigned to waste water, both volume and monetary. walkthrough was completed, educating project team on processes and general flows of water, both to production and to drain. Process maps were drafted referencing measured consumption at each critical point and identifying flows of water in and out of PBG facility. (Appendix B) Brainstorming session was executed with PBG plant manager, facilities, processes, and quality control personnel. Large Post-It notes and facility maps were used to help personnel and project team track conversations and areas of interest. Revised process maps were drafted depicting project teams suggestions for conserving water. Based on the brainstorming session, it was determined that reclaiming and reusing grey water was the best plan of attack. Grey water would be pumped for its source to storage takes where it would take call from other processes suitable for using such grey water (i.e. truck wash). (Appendix B) Local third party contractor was contacted to bid proposed changes. Third party’s bid allowed project team to determine parts needed for the changes, time involved in implementing the changes, and most importantly, costs involved. Total Water Savings 6.24%