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SP is a "member-driven" organization that provides quantifiable value to all of its members through the efforts and "sweat equity" of work groups as well as through meetings and activities that have been identified by the SP membership. In addition to the work group activities, SP holds quarterly Membership Meetings designed to educate and update the membership on the status of the work group projects, conducts benchmarking sessions on selected topics and provides a networking forum for the members.

The following is a list of the current SP Work Groups:

  • Chemical Issues Management Work Group: Providing a forum for companies in the automobile supply chain to collectively and cost effectively address global chemical regulations that are impacting product/material engineering and manufacturing. In addition, the Chemical Issues Work Group will develop strategic and tactical action plans to address those emerging chemical issues and create a mechanism to communicate and advocate, or coordinate their advocacy approaches, with public sector forums in support of the agenda developed by the SP Work Group participants; and, work closely with EPA utilizing available programs and information such as the Sustainable Futures and Green Chemistry programs.
  • Energy Work Group: Addressing ways to help SP member companies reduce their energy use and their environmental footprint in a way that those companies can: utilize more efficient technologies, practices and services; quantify the results of their energy efficiency or energy reduction activities; and, achieve some or all of the cost reductions that will be required by their customers.

  • Packaging Work Group: Partnering with Goodwill Industries to create SP By-Product Reduction Facilities to environmentally and cost effectively address non-hazardous waste at OE and Tier 1 companies. The Work Group is identifying ways to provide value within the automotive supply chain by working together to address ways to optimize packaging parameters to reduce the environmental footprint and costs of packaging, including how to reduce waste, promote reuse and maximize recycling. The team is currently focusing on the development of the SP By-Product Reduction Facilities project of a container-sharing program within SP member companies.

  • Small Business Forum: Supporting a small business forum for Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers to the industry so that their issues and ideas can be addressed by OE and Tier 1 supplier companies. The Forum provides a forum through which member companies share opportunities and processes for SP's smaller-sized companies to communicate directly and efficiently with the OEMs and Tier I suppliers in the organization and automotive industry.

  • SP Technical Assistance Workshops--workshops provided by U.S. EPA and National Institute of Standards & Technology's (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Workshops: Development and implementation of workshops to train small- and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the automotive sector on business value integrating environmental issues into business processes.
    NIST/MEP Contact: Mike Coast, MI MMTC mcoast@mmtc.org
    EPA Contact: Kristin Pierre, EPA Pierre.Kristin@epamail.epa.gov


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