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Bringing Circular Manufacturing To Electronics

公司规模

Mid-size Company

地区

America

国家

Brazil

产品

Sinctronics’ reverse logistics infrastructure
Sinctronics’ Green IT Innovation Center
Sinctronics’ Zero Waste Initiative

技术栈

Reverse logistics technology
Recycling facilities technology
Reverse supply chain technology

实施规模

Enterprise-wide Deployment

影响指标

Environmental Impact Reduction
Waste Reduction
Innovation Output

技术

功能应用 - 库存管理系统

适用行业

电子产品

适用功能

物流运输
仓库和库存管理

用例

资产跟踪
库存管理
供应链可见性(SCV)

服务

系统集成
培训

关于客户

Sinctronics, a Brazilian company founded by Flex, is pioneering circular manufacturing processes that are making the information technology industry greener and more sustainable. The company describes itself as the first “integrated ecosystem” for sustainability in the electronics market. To succeed in circular manufacturing, it needed to build out four separate functions: reverse logistics, recycling facilities, R&D through its Green IT Innovation Center, and reverse supply chains. The company has had to invent virtually every process related to circular manufacturing. Sinctronics’ logistics infrastructure now covers all of Brazil, with dedicated vehicles in high-volume areas.

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挑战

The modern world has a big electronics habit and it’s getting bigger all the time. Electronic devices keep us connected and on the go, but when they break or become obsolete—which is often very quickly—they frequently end up in the trash. Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a problem not only because of the volume of material that is being discarded, but also because some components can cause serious pollution. During 2014 alone, nearly 42 million tons of e-waste was created around the world. E-waste recycling is growing, however. In the United States, about 29 percent of e-waste was recycled in 2012, up from 19.6 percent in 20101. Better still, the world is recognizing that past recycling practices, such as sending devices to developing countries for disassembly and disposal (where they are often harmful to local environments) can be replaced with something better. That improvement is circular manufacturing, in which materials are collected to be refurbished or re-manufactured. Flex and Sinctronics realized that a market such as the region around São Paulo, Brazil, where manufacturing and re-manufacturing sites are close together, could help them showcase the true potential of a circular economy.

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解决方案

Sinctronics began with reverse logistics, because that is the most expensive part of the entire process, accounting for about 60 percent of total cost. The company has had to invent virtually every process related to circular manufacturing. The company’s investment in innovation is driven by the belief that the new circular economy will ultimately be more efficient than the old linear model. The plastic parts produced by Sinctronics through its re-manufacturing process represent a savings of up to 82 percent on energy over normal plastics production, and an 82 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Thanks to the processes that Sinctronics has pioneered, 97 percent of recovered material is going back into the supply chain, with Sinctronics selling customers both finished products and reused raw materials that they can redevelop on their own. Sinctronics’ Zero Waste Initiative also means that less material is going to landfills. Sinctronics is improving circular manufacturing in other ways, too. One of the most radical changes has been its creation of a reverse logistics infrastructure. Reverse logistics was not common in Brazil, so logistics companies charged more for it than the regular process. Sinctronics developed partners for doing reverse logistics in an optimized way, tracking all the equipment and service levels involved.

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运营影响

Sinctronics has reduced client costs by up to 30 percent.
Sinctronics has increased material collection times by 50 percent.
Sinctronics has partnerships for metals such as iron, copper and aluminum.
Sinctronics’ Experience Center helps educate customers on sustainability and provides practical training.

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数量效益

The plastic parts produced by Sinctronics through its re-manufacturing process represent a savings of up to 82 percent on energy over normal plastics production.
An 82 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
97 percent of recovered material is going back into the supply chain.
On average, Sinctronics’ customers have replaced 20 percent of the virgin plastic they use with recycled materials.

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