Let’s start talking about resource productivity when we speak of manufacturing. And this can be a strong driver for manufacturing innovation as well.

In my next articles, I’ll address some of the follow-on innovation that could improve our resource productivity and, in the process, explore some ideas on tracking resource productivity.

David Dornfeld is the Will C. Hall Family Chair in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at University of California Berkeley. He leads the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS), and he writes the Green Manufacturing blog. This article was republished with permission by David Dornfeld.