{"55986":{"#nid":"55986","#data":{"type":"event","title":"William (Bill) Strang at DATHA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Design and Technology for Healthy Aging (DATHA) Initiative at Georgia Tech welcomes William (Bill) Strang, who will discuss \u0022Sustainable Products for a Sustainable Living\u0022 at TOTO.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt TOTO, Bill is the Vice President of Operations with responsibility for all operations, including supply chain, design and development engineering, Quality, ISO, environmental and all four of TOTO plants:  Morrow, GA; Lakewood, GA; Fairburn, GA; and Ontario, CA with 1.4 million sq ft under roof.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring Bill\u0027s tenure, TOTO\u0027s Morrow Manufacturing Facility has benefited from 5S techniques implemented by a team lead by TS Lee, his Morrow plant manager.  With the implementation of 5S techniques, TOTO has improvements in the following area:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder Bill\u0027s leadership, TOTO\u0027s manufacturing facility has received awards for 5S implementation, US EPA Water Efficiency Leadership Award.   And recognized by Georgia Power as a leader in the use of Green Energy   TOTO USA has also achieved ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the beginning of his time at TOTO sustainability has been the moral compass that has provided the guiding principles for each and every action and program.   With this approach to every aspect of the business TOTO has achieved a culture that continuously strives to reduce, reuse and recycle and return to society more than is given.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETOTO USA has also developed secondary uses or recycling channels for the waste streams from the manufacturing process.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETOTO USA has repurposed waste streams from the manufacturing process.  This includes all fired porcelain, clay slurry, cans, bottles, plastic, cardboard, wood, paper and electronics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBill was recently honored in 2008 to receive the prestigious Argon Award for leadership in sustainability, previous winners of this award have been Ted Turner - Chairman of the Turner Foundation, Arthur Blank - co founder of Home Depot, Jim Jacoby - Founder and CEO of Jacoby Development and Ray Anderson - Chairman of Interface Company.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Design and Technology for Healthy Aging (DATHA) Initiative at Georgia Tech welcomes William (Bill) Strang, who will discuss \u0022Sustainable Products for a Sustainable Living\u0022 at TOTO.\n\nAt TOTO, Bill is the Vice President of Operations with responsibili","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"TOTO: Sustainable Products for a Sustainable Living"}],"uid":"27207","created_gmt":"2010-05-20 11:44:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:47:45","author":"Claudia Rebola","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-21T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-21T11:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-21T11:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-21 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-21 15:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-21 15:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"176","name":"aging"},{"id":"4945","name":"DATHA"},{"id":"823","name":"design"},{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"2644","name":"technologies"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EClaudia Winegarden\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial Design Department, College of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cwinegarde3\u0022\u003EContact Claudia Winegarden\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E919.389.2302\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}