Circularity Makes Good Sense!
Facilitated by Chet Frame, CPIM, CSCP, CPSM, CLTD
Lunch-and-Learn webinar at 12:00 PM, Tuesday, 9^th Aug. 2022

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“Circularity Makes Good Sense” is a common-sense approach to reducing the amount of material that goes into our landfills and our oceans and offers us an opportunity to use something more than once. We will examine how this isn’t a new idea, but it is becoming imperative for us to change our habits and improve our bottom lines."

People my age remember going out and walking along the roads looking for bottles that could be redeemed at grocery stores in the neighborhood. Returnable bottles! They were expensive! The bottling companies had to take them back, clean them, fill them and ship them out. Aluminum cans and plastic bottles were so much cheaper. Now we are looking at the packaging waste this has created, and the bottlers are using new forms of plastic bottles that are returnable.

What else do we need to change to reduce waste and reuse more of what we have already made? From automobiles to computers to groceries, we are becoming aware of the need to change our business habits. This 40-minute presentation plus Q&A looks at the steps of moving from our current “Take, Make, and Toss” model to a more circular model that eliminates most waste.

Keywords: circular economy, reverse logistics, sustainability.

Circular economy – a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.

Reverse logistics – all operations related to the reuse of products and materials.

Sustainability – a normative concept that stresses intergenerational equity and is commonly considered to have three dimensions (also called pillars): the environmental, economic and social dimension.

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Speaker Biography

Mr. Chester H. Frame, CPIM, CSCP, is an educator, trainer, seminar presenter and management consultant with experience in implementations and customer support for customers around the world. Chet is the founder and head of Border Business Consultants, a bilingual, international consulting and training firm focused on improving efficiency in Operations Management.

Mr. Frame has more than thirty years of hands on experience working in Operations Management and Logistics Management, having worked with companies like Tyco, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Teleflex, Philips, Cummins, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Johnson Controls, Delphi, Lexmark, Scientific Atlanta, BRP, 3M, Cardinal Health Care, and Lear. Chet holds a Six Sigma Administrative Green Belt.

One of the APICS nationally recognized Master presenters and trainers; Chet trains the trainers and led the TEAM Process in APICS. Chet started learning Materials Management and SPC in the 1970’s while working for a U.S. automotive parts manufacturer. He has used his SPC and Six Sigma skills to improve manufacturing processes and administrative processes. He has applied the techniques to Supply Chain Management with a very high level of success. Chet is certified as a Master Instructor for CPIM, CSCP, and Train-the-Trainer and Learning Dynamics for Instructors. Chet is the President of the El Paso/Juarez Chapter of APICS. Mr. Frame is fluent in English and Spanish.

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