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

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,

EC 022: Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food Workshop

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Posted on July 13, 2017December 29, 2019
Posted in Kjell Van Zoen, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary On this podcast, I share the actual audio from the “Reducing Food Waste Workshop: A Lean and Six Sigma Approach” given on April 28th, 2017, hosted by the Port of Portland, which is located at the Portland International Airport (PDX). I mentioned this workshop in Podcast #20, if you want to hear the background on how

EC 020: Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food

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Posted on April 28, 2017December 29, 2019
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary On this podcast, I talk about a recent presentation I gave at the Port of Portland (at the Portland airport). I was asked to present on how Lean and Six Sigma can be used to help reduce food waste. There is a big effort to make reductions in the Portland area, and we had

EC 014: Lean and Green Workflow Improvement – The 8 Wastes

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Posted on October 27, 2016October 30, 2016
Posted in Employee Engagement, Kjell Van Zoen, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary In this podcast, I play the recording of the presentation I gave with fellow Lean and Green expert Kjell Van Zoen at the Provender Alliance conference in Hood River, Oregon on Oct 6, 2016. We talk about Lean basics (single piece flow, 5S, kaizen, Taiichi Ohno, value and culture) and focus on our personal experiences

EC 013: Interview #2 on e6s Methods Podcast about Greening Your Lean Event

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Posted on September 23, 2016November 10, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

Summary For episode 13, I’m playing another interview I had with e6s Methods podcast, hosted by Aaron Spearin. We go over tips for greening your 5s events. I also go over this in detail in Episode 9 of my podcast, which you can find at LeanSixSigmaEnvironment.org. In this episode, we go beyond just the green discussion,

The Wild Side of Heijunka

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Posted on September 12, 2016September 8, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Kelly Singer, Lean Six Sigma Tools

This article was originally posted in the Lean Green Institute website by Kelly Singer. As sea level rises due to climate change, a significant portion of alligators’ freshwater and brackish marsh habitat may face an incursion or inundation of saltwater. Heijunka is an essential practice of the Toyota Production System to maintain a stable and

EC 011: Details about the 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge

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Posted on August 23, 2016December 22, 2021
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to go into more details about the 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge that we launched this week! Relevant Links Sign up for 90 Day WASTE Walk Challenge FREE 1-hour WASTE Walks Course on Udemy Transcript No transcript available at this time

Tips to reduce energy at your company

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Posted on July 23, 2016April 18, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Water

We are in the middle of a Green Belt project, to reduce energy in our company. Our initial efforts to make significant reductions in energy were not funded (LED lighting upgrade), so we’re looking at other less costly ways to reduce energy. This is one reason why I like Six Sigma projects. Typically, people have ideas to

US EPA announces new focus and structure for Lean Practices

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Posted on July 16, 2016December 26, 2021
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools

On June 21, 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a policy statement and memorandum on applying Lean practices within the department. Lean Practices Policy and Memo (6/21/2016) In the memo, the Acting Deputy Administrator A. Stanley Meiburg provides a quick summary of the policy statement, and gives support for the Lean efforts to