Lean Six Sigma Tools – Page 8 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E062: Warehouse Optimization to Feed the Hungry with Rise Against Hunger

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Posted on March 27, 2020March 30, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Transportation, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interviewed Courtney Hudson, Distribution Warehouse manager with Rise Against Hunger. They were awarded the inaugural “Excellence in Sustainable Development” Award in 2019. She shares the improvements they made to their warehouse operations to increase the number of packaged meals they send to countries in need. They are working to achieve SDG

E061: Lean Journey of Employee Gardens for Nonprofits

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Posted on March 23, 2020August 31, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering, Water

In this podcast, I share a presentation given by Joe Hnat from Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) at last year’s IISE Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida on May 19, 2019. He worked with his facility using lean principles and methods to find space for an employee garden on campus and make it successful. The fruits

E060: Sustainability Consulting Interview with Vanina Howan

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Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

In this podcast, I was interviewed by Vanina Howan on her podcast called The Ecopreneur Show. She asked me about my background in sustainability, how I transitioned into consulting on my own, and how I got involved with Recycling Advocates. I’m really proud of how this interview turned out. We delve into a host of

E059: Lean Six Sigma Workshop – Gresham Employees and Green Businesses

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Posted on March 3, 2020March 10, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave on Jan 14, 2020 with the City of Gresham employees and Gresham Green Businesses. I was asked to teach them about Lean and Six Sigma methods by Gregg Hayward (who kicked off the event) and Shannon Martin. I’ve worked with both of them in the past

E058: Toyota and the Earth Charter

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Posted on December 22, 2019March 10, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Transportation

In this podcast, I re-read a recent post I made about the Earth Charter written by Toyota in 1992, which is their commitment to the environment. This is one of the early examples of corporate sustainability, and it happens to come from the company that brought us Lean, with their focus on “respect for people”

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

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,

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