Articles – Page 10 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E057: Lean Six Sigma for Good Presentation at Rose-Hulman

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Posted on December 21, 2019March 10, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this first podcast renamed as “Lean Six Sigma for Good” (formerly called “Earth Consultants”), I explain the change in podcast title and purpose. In the audio, I share a presentation I gave at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN in early December, to share my experiences apply Lean and Six Sigma to

1992 Earth Charter key to driving Toyota’s environmental efforts

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Posted on December 15, 2019April 17, 2022
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Transportation

If you’ve studied Lean methods, you know that Toyota is the company that is responsible for developing the infrastructure behind almost all of the methods. But what I found very interesting is that they are also a leader in sustainability and corporate environmental leadership. Coincidence? I don’t think so… Over the last decade, most major

EC 056: Applying Lean Six Sigma to Boulder Hospice Care Thrift Shop Donations

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Posted on November 25, 2019April 17, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Transportation, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share the audio from an interview I did with Lynn McCullough and Joe Wojniak (pronounced why-knock). Lynn runs the TRU Hospice Thrift Shop in Boulder, Colorado. TRU Thrift Shop sells donated household items and clothes to raise money to provide hospice care services for those in need. Joe is her brother,

Top 3 Ways Restaurants Can Reduce Customer Wasted Food

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Posted on November 10, 2019March 16, 2021
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Solid Waste

As part of the research I conducted for the Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food workshop series, I started to pay closer attention to the impact that restaurants can have on wasted food. 40% of all food grown is wasted through inefficiencies in the entire value stream, and a lot of that is wasted at

EC 055: Engaging Staff and Volunteers – Deconstruction and Reuse Conference

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Posted on November 10, 2019June 11, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share the audio from a presentation I gave to the Deconstruction and Reuse Conference in Pittsburgh, PA on October 29, 2019. The conference was setup by the Build Reuse (formerly Building Material Reuse Association). I was invited to speak based on my work with reuse organizations like ReStore and The Rebuilding

EC 054: Lean and Sustainability at Portland Business Alliance Sustainability Roundtable

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Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share the audio from a presentation I gave to the Portland Business Alliance (our local Chamber of Commerce). They have a Sustainability Roundtable each quarter, and I was asked to talk about my application of Lean to sustainability efforts. You can watch the video below to see the slides that accompany

EC 053: Six Sigma Project to Improve Stadium Recycling

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Posted on August 18, 2019August 18, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share the audio from a presentation I created about a Six Sigma project I setup and facilitated a few years back. The project helped improve the recycling program at the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium. You can watch the video below to see additional photos and information that does not come

EC 052: Integrating Sustainability Into Your Lean Six Sigma Program Initiative at Dallas AME

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Posted on August 6, 2019August 6, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I gave this presentation at the AME Annual Conference in Dallas in October 2016 called “Integrating Sustainability Into Your Lean Six Sigma Program Initiative” I discuss adding green into improvement initiatives, how to communicate sustainability to existing improvement personnel, how existing tools can be modified to consider environmental impacts, how organizations and

EC 051: Spreading Lean Six Sigma Nonprofit Volunteering Around the World

By -admin
Posted on May 27, 2019May 30, 2019
Posted in Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the 2019 IISE Annual Conference in Orlando, FL on May 19, 2019. For the past 3 years, Lean and Six Sigma practitioners in Portland (Oregon) have been volunteering with local nonprofits to teach and mentor them on process improvement. The focus has been on environmental reuse nonprofits

How “walks” can help reduce the environmental footprint of your company

By -admin
Posted on May 25, 2019March 23, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Solid Waste

My first job out of college was working for a large aerospace company as a full-time process improvement specialist (called a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt) to help the company solve problems and save money. Most of my work involved improving the quality and speed of manufacturing a product. As I started to learn more