EC 019: Lean and Sustainable Consortium

Summary On this podcast, I talked about a recent trip I made to Wales for the Lean and Sustainable Consortium. This was my 3rd trip to this quarterly event, and it was excellent (as usual)! We toured Welsh Water, to see how they are applying Lean and Six Sigma, along with improving their sustainability program.

Interview with Keivan Zokaei

As part of our expert series, I asked Keivan Zokaei to answer some questions I had about his involvement with Lean and Green activities. How did you get started in Lean methodology? I first began in 2002, when I was doing a Master degree at Warwick University in the UK. I had seen lean tools &
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“Creating a Lean and Green Business System” earns 2014 Shingo Prize

The Shingo Institute has awarded Keivan Zokaei, Hunter Lovins, Andy Wood and Peter Hines with the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for their work “Creating a Lean and Green Business: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability.”   Creating a Lean and Green Business System is an excellent book that demonstrates the close link between eliminating

Karen Hester of Adnams Reflects on “Creating a Lean and Green Business System”

Reflecting on the book ‘Creating a Lean and Green Business Systems: Techniques for Improving Profits and Sustainability’ describing how Mr Ford and Mr Toyoda came up with the original idea of “LEAN management”, to improve manufacturing processes, it is apparent that the systems have gone far beyond the original concept now reflecting Corporate Social Responsibility

Lean and Green is Free, But its Not a Gift – Lean Blog

In this article, Keivan Zokaei shares his thoughts on Mark Graban’s Lean Blog site. He says that the environmental movement is heading down the same path as the quality movement did in the 1980’s. A famous book from Philip Crosby in 1980 was called “Quality is free: The Art of Making Quality Certain”. He reminds

Toyota’s Monozukuri – Book compendium to “Lean and Green Business System”

Toyota can easily be the most storied company in the world. For decades it has caught the imagination of managers around the world becoming an emblematic case for quality, reliability, productivity, employee engagement, continuous improvement, cost reduction and market capitalization growth. Toyota Production System (TPS) is synonymous with efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction and in

Danish Lean & Green Network is Launched

This new network is the first Lean & Green network in Denmark and is established in cooperation with the British consultancy SA Partners, who will provide hands on and profound coaching. The goal is to attrach members who are leaders on both a corporate and employee level, that are operating or have the desire to

Book review for “Creating a Lean and Green Business System”

Creating a Lean and Green Business System was released on May 3rd, 2013. It was written by some very experienced authors in the world of business and sustainability: Keivan Zokaei, Hunter Lovins, Andy Wood, and Peter Hines. Order “Creating a Lean and Green Business System” This book exceeded my expectations. I was surprised by the detail

Can Lean Be Green? Interview with Keivan Zokaei

Michael Sinocchi interviewed Keivan Zokaei about his book, Creating a Lean and Green Business System” in a blog article from May 2013. Keivan was headed to the IIE Annual Conference in Puerto Rico to give a presentation and hold a book signing. He asked him “why should companies bother incorporating sustainability and ‘green’ aspects into

Creating a Lean and Green Business System – 2degrees Network

Keivan Zokaei says businesses can no longer treat lean and green as a “nice to have” but it is now a “must have” and should be a top priority. His new book, “Creating a Lean and Green Business System: Techniques for Increasing Profits and Sustainability”, is packed with case studies and examples of leading firms