IISE – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E102: How Massport uses Lean to Achieve Sustainable Airport Operations

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Posted on April 20, 2023May 2, 2023
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Government, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Water

In this podcast, I share a webinar held with Dr. Luciana Bardi and Darcy DeGeorge from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). MassPort is a state authority responsible for three airports including Logan International Airport, four maritime facilities as well as real estate in Boston. They give an overview of Massport along with the lean engineering

E096: Interviews from IISE Annual Volunteer Service Project at Southcenter Store near Seattle

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Posted on October 1, 2022October 2, 2022
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I extract the audio from a published video by IISE that recapped our last volunteer service project in Seattle in May 2022. We have been conducting these volunteer events prior to each annual conference since 2012, and this was the first one we’ve had since the pandemic. You can read about prior

E086: Helping Nonprofits with Process Improvement through Consulting and Volunteering with Lauren Neder

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Posted on October 6, 2021November 19, 2022
Posted in Employee Engagement, Management, Nonprofit, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I talk with Lauren Neder, Industrial Engineer and lean consultant working with nonprofit organizations as a consultant and volunteer. She shares her experience working with a nonprofit in Haiti (in person and virtually), and how she is learning how to approach nonprofit organizations with process improvement. We discuss: how she transitioned from

E079: Lessons Learned in Applying Improvement Methods to the Public Sector with John Corliss

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Posted on February 1, 2021February 14, 2021
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Water

In this podcast, I shared a presentation that I moderated at the 2020 IISE Annual Conference. I am the Sustainable Development Division President for 2020-2021. Due to the pandemic, we originally delayed the in-person conference from May to November, but ultimately had to go 100% virtual. It was originally scheduled to be in New Orleans,

E077: Applying Lean Six Sigma to a Sustainable Business in Micronesia

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Posted on November 8, 2020December 25, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the IISE Annual Virtual conference on Nov 2, 2020. I explain how I helped apply Lean and Six Sigma methods to this small sustainable business making eco-friendly wallets, business cards and other paper products on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia.

E072: Food Systems Projects Between Schools and Nonprofits

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Posted on August 15, 2020December 7, 2020
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

For the 2020-2021 year, I am the President of the IISE Sustainable Development Division. The mission of the group is to help align Industrial and Systems Engineers with organizations working on the UN Sustainable Development goals. This is the 2nd interview we’ve done this year, the first one was with Bradley Miller from the University

E071: Interview with Brad Miller from University of Houston

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Posted on July 19, 2020July 26, 2020
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Volunteering

In this podcast, I interview Brad Miller, who is Senior Professor of Practice in the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, and teaches courses in Supply Chain Management. He shares his success with teaching students how to apply lean and Six Sigma methods in their homes and at their part-time jobs, including

E066: IISE Podcast Interview with Liz McCartney about Disaster Recovery

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Posted on April 16, 2020February 16, 2022
Posted in Book Review, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Solid Waste, Volunteering

In this podcast, I repost an interview I had with Liz McCartney, Executive Director of St Bernard Project (SBP), a nonprofit organization she founded with her husband Zack Rosenberg to rebuild homes and help victims recover from natural disasters. They moved from DC to New Orleans to help out after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005,

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