Lean Six Sigma Tools – Page 10 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

EC 040: Reducing Long Lines at Recycling Collection Events

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Posted on January 16, 2019March 14, 2021
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share my observations at a recycling collection event for plastics, batteries and styrofoam held recently near Portland, Oregon called Planetcon. The line to drop off plastic bags and film started to get really long, and extend all the way back to my table. I was at the event for another reason,

EC 039: Applying Lean Six Sigma to a Nonprofit Fundraiser Conference

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Posted on January 7, 2019December 17, 2025
Posted in Book Review, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Michel Gelobter, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I read my chapter contribution to my latest book called “Lean Six Sigma for Good: Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 1)“ My chapter is called “Applying Lean Six Sigma to a Nonprofit Fundraiser Conference.” You can also download this chapter as a PDF file or watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHI_uxbc3g There are 8

EC 038: 2018 Year in Review

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Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

In this podcast, I recap the year and highlight some of the things I accomplished in my first full year of consulting on my own. We discuss the Wasted Food workshops, additions to the online course, travel to Kosrae and Trinidad and Tobago, a nonprofit award for process improvement, and the Lean Six Sigma for

EC 037: Lean Six Sigma for Good – Interview with Iowa Lean Consortium Radio

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Posted on November 22, 2018August 1, 2021
Posted in Book Review, Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share an interview I had with Steven Wilson, who runs Zoned Strategies consulting, and hosts the podcast show, ILC Radio. ILC stands for Iowa Lean Consortium, which is a nonprofit organization that promotes Lean, Six Sigma and process improvement within the state of Iowa and surrounding regions. I have been involved

EC 035: How to Incorporate and Leverage Lean Six Sigma and Sustainability – Gemba Academy Interview

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Posted on November 6, 2018August 9, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I share an interview I had with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy. We discussed Lean Six Sigma and Sustainability (of course!). We define sustainability for the audience to get them on the same page. They we talked about going paperless at work, the volunteer work with Lean Portland, and how people are

EC 034: Lean Six Sigma Applied to the Portland Zero Waste Conference

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Posted on October 30, 2018July 28, 2022
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I share my experience setting up and running an environmental event in Portland in mid-October, called the Zero Waste Conference I discuss ways in which I applied Lean and Six Sigma concepts to the event, such as Lean Startup, Pareto charts, FMEA, forecasting and predictions on attendance, net promoter score (NPS), check-in

EC 033: Lean Six Sigma and Sustainability Presentation at GPSEN Symposium in Jan 2017

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Posted on July 14, 2018September 28, 2018
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) Sustainability Symposium back in January 27. 2017. I was still working at Rockwell Collins at the time. I discuss how Lean and Six Sigma techniques have been used for sustainability initiatives, as well as with Lean Portland

EC 031: Process Improvement for Social Responsibility – IISE Conference in Orlando May 2018

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Posted on June 7, 2018June 5, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary On this podcast, I share a presentation I did on the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers Annual Conference in Orlando in May 2018. The presentation was called Process Improvement for Social Responsibility and it was with myself and Billy Ingram, who works at Interface in the Lean Development Group. We both went through a

EC 030: Lean and Green and the 8 Wastes – GoGreen Portland Conference 2017

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Posted on April 20, 2018January 1, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary In this podcast, I share a video taken at the 2017 GoGreen Conference held in Portland last October. The presentation talked about how Lean concepts can be used to address the people and planet side of sustainability. I co-presented with Matt Horvat, the founder of our nonprofit volunteering group called Lean Portland. We show

Integrating Weather Data into your Analysis

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Posted on March 3, 2018March 24, 2021
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools

When performing any type of analysis, one of the most important factors to consider is date and time data. That is what trend analysis allows for us, to be able to see what is happening over time. Once we have our data by date (or day and hour), often the discussion moves quickly to weather,