MFCA stands for Material Flow Cost Accounting and helps businesses to increase their material efficiency. Born in Germany in the 90s it is now a great success in Japan and through the ISO norm 14051 it becomes popular...
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Material Flow Cost Accounting: Tips from a consultant
Hiroshi Tachikawa is the managing director at Propharm Japan. He helped numerous companies across Japan and Asia to get started with Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) and hence to increase their material efficiency...
Materialflusskostenrechnung am größten Textilforschungszentrum Europas
Dr. Jürgen Seibold arbeitet im Zentrum für Management Research der Deutschen Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf. Für ihn liegt die Stärke der Materialflusskostenrechnung in der gesamtheitlichen...
Diese Unternehmen haben durch MFCA Ihre Materialeffizienz gesteigert
Aus internationaler Sicht hat die Materialflusskostenrechnung bisher die größte Verbreitung in Japan gefunden, wo mehr als 300 Unternehmen des produzierenden Bereichs dieses Instrument bereits erfolgreich einsetzen...
Endlich sprechen wir über Materialeffizienz
Materialkosten machen im Durchschnitt 40-50 % der Gesamtkosten in produzierenden Unternehmen aus. Prof. Mario Schmidt, Direktor des Instituts für Industrial Ecology an der Hochschule Pforzheim, ist Experte für...
Materialflusskostenrechnung: Ressourceneffizienz leicht gemacht
Zahlreiche Unternehmen geraten zunehmend unter Druck, wenn es darum geht, die Auswirkungen ihrer Aktivitäten auf die Umwelt zu minimieren und den Verbrauch von Ressourcen zu optimieren, um den Cashflow des Unternehmens...
How material flow cost accounting reduces food wastage
Everyone agrees that food should not be wasted. Given its huge environmental footprints and the ethical concerns, wastage of animal-based products is an even bigger concern. Food wastage is often considered a global...
Beyond the Isolated Approach: How to Better Optimise Resource Efficiency in the Chemical Industry
The importance of resource efficiency within industry has gained significant traction in recent years, and is now firmly established as an effective means of cost reduction for manufacturing companies of all sizes. This...
Material Flow Cost Accounting: Resource Efficiency Made Simple
Many organisations are coming under increasing pressure to minimise the environmental impact of their activities, as well as optimising resource consumption to enhance the company’s cash flow. Material flow cost...
5 Steps towards Maximum Resource Efficiency Part 2: Material Flow Modeling, MFCA and LCA Made Easy
Last week, I introduced you to the first three steps small and medium-sized companies need to take to increase their resource efficiency to a maximum. Today, you’ll find the last two of the five steps involved in...