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Material Tracking for End-of-life Cycle

Management

SP Chemical Issues Work Group Meeting

January 15, 2013

GM Renaissance CenterDetroit, MI

Gary Vegh

Presentation Contents

1. Case study:

a) Volkswagen’s Environmental Management

2. Expanding Material Tracking for end-of-life management

Case Study: Environmental Management

Master Chemical List

• 100,000+ chemicals

• Compiled over 20 years

• Library includes:

– Chemical properties– Environmental regulations– Relevant health data

Material Cost(Price, Volume)

Total Life Cycle Cost(Material, Labor,

Waste, Inventory)

Supplier Buyer CMS Provider Buyer

Wants increase

Wants decrease

Wants decrease

Wants decrease

Traditional Relationship:Conflicting incentives

Chemical Management ServicesModel:Aligned incentives

Data

Reduced Cost, Risk & Environmental Impact

Evolution of chemical management

• Data transfers currently in use by Volkswagen:

– Used to track TRI by Source– Releases related to product usage– Utilizes the chemical supplier communication

channel

Chemical Name0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

Chemicals by Department

Paint Shop (benzene)Machining (chromium)Casting (aluminum)Frame Welding (beryllium)Body Welding (iron)Assembly (styrene)

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Carcinogen Ranking

(benzene) Carcinogen(chromium) Carcinogen(aluminum) Non-carcinogen(beryllium) Probable Carcinogen(iron) Non-carcinogen(styrene) Possible carginogen

Chemical

Rank

ing

Car Material Breakdown

Source: ACORD, Annual Report, 2001

78% of automotive materials already tracked in ERA’s systemRemainder is Pre-Processed materials

Pre-processed materials

Accurate & Up-to-date?What are the data analysis capabilities?

Do you get the whole picture?

Has this data been through QA/QC?

Is the data verified?

Internal DatabasesInternal Databases

Data

ROI for Data Collection

Maximizing the return for environmental data collection.

One Database. Multiple Outputs.

Leverage Supply Chain Data

2011 Automotive Supply Chain Problems

Tsunami in Japan

Typhoon in Thailand

1. Available

2. Affordable

Mass Balance Analysis

Moving Target

What actually ends up in the end product?

Utilizing the Master Chemical List

Questions?

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