Traditional accounting systems are not routinely designed to provide companies with information about total costs related to the use of resources and generation of waste and emissions. When a company is able to calculate and allocate costs on so-called non-product outputs, it can better monitor the real efficiency of materials and energy use that leads to better management of resources and financial savings.

The right balance makes a difference

• Top 20 analysis highlights where immediate energy and materials savings can be made 
• Optimising the software on a heat pump saves about 20 000 kWh of electricity per year

HAASE Gesellschaft m.b.H. is a producer of high-temperature, low-sag energy cables and rope and lifting systems from Graz, Austria. The company carried out a Top 20 input-output analysis, which revealed potential areas of improvement in processes, products and the whole product life cycle.

Positive experience inspires continued effort

Look closely and all kinds of savings can be found

Beware the unknown costs!

• Textile business discovers inefficiencies in production and important cost-management gaps
• TOP 20 follow-up helps the company reduce energy consumption by over 5 %

Oritex is a small dyeing and knitting house based in Lodz, Central Poland. As part of the company's broader mission to lower its impact on the environment and improve production, its management requested a TOP 20 input-output analysis.

Open the door to resource efficiency!

• Analysis spots outdated machinery and poor energy- and water-management practices
• Measures help to cut the company's energy consumption by over 5 %  

Ortel is a small company based in Lodz (Central Poland), which produces jackets, coats and suits.

Taking the next step to sustainability

• Furniture-maker goes a step further to boost its energy and resource efficiency
• Input-output analysis pinpoints hidden costs in production and beyond

Moretti Compact is one of the Italian market leaders in bedroom furniture production. The company had already invested in making its production more environmentally sustainable, but management was keen to go further.

How to top a scrap problem

• Component-maker employs TOP 20 to evaluate where energy and material gains could be made
• Targeted measures cut back on unrecovered scrap losses and identify new products

Stafer is an Italian company producing rolling shutter components with a staff of around 70 employees.

Three ways to lose money... one way to stop it

• TOP 20 analysis highlights significant material and energy losses in packaging manfacture
• Measures taken to improve boiler, insulate buildings and rethink production (design and technology)

FILL-PACK is a company operating in the Czech Republic with about 90 employees, producing packaging for automotive and electro-technical industries, as well as for agriculture.

The true value of data 

• TOP 20 analysis reveals a major disconnect between physical and financial operations
• New machinery and systems installed to counter material losses and improve energy management 

A TOP 20 input-output analysis was carried out in a furniture company from the Czech Republic to identify the potential for energy and material savings. The company produces metal and upholstered pieces for a range of applications and has about 50 employees.