Raw Materials – Page 2 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

EC 017: Applying Lean and Green at Plywerk with Kjell Van Zoen and David Hall

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Posted on January 21, 2017January 1, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Kjell Van Zoen, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation

Summary In this podcast, I conduct my first interview, and it turned out great! I met up with lean consultant and former owner of Plywerk, Kjell Van Zoen, along with Dr. David E. Hall, sustainability consultant for Plywerk and professor at Portland State University. We discuss how Kjell and Dave worked together to make Plywerk more eco-conscious,

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,

Lean Green Waste: Linear Materials

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Posted on July 12, 2016March 23, 2022
Posted in Kelly Singer, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

This article was originally posted in the Lean Green Institute website by Kelly Singer. Most of the things we extract from the earth and manufacture end up in landfills. An estimated 90 percent of materials extracted to make durable goods in the United States become waste almost immediately in the manufacturing process. Once the product is made,

EC 007: Greening Your Lean Events

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Posted on May 20, 2016April 18, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

Summary For the 7th episode, I am posting an older (but popular) article on how to green your lean event. This episode gives tips and tricks to making your lean six sigma events and meetings more eco-friendly. We also include a link in the notes to download a free checklist of these suggestions. There is also a link

Use Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) to drive sustainability

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Posted on May 16, 2014January 1, 2023
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

If you have a small or mid-sized company in the United States (or Puerto Rico), and are in the manufacturing industry, there is a Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) available to help you. MEP Centers are a diverse network of state, university-based, and non-profit organizations, offering products and services that help manufacturers increase profits, create jobs

Automotive industry sets sustainability guidelines for suppliers

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Posted on April 13, 2014June 27, 2016
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) has recently agreed to a set of expectations for automotive suppliers, relating to the environment, working conditions, human rights and business ethics (aka Sustainability). But you don’t work in the automotive industry? Keep reading… AIAG is a consortium of automotive companies (Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, Daimler, Fiat, Chrysler, Volvo),

fostering sustainable behaviors book review

Book Review for “Fostering Sustainable Behavior”

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Posted on November 1, 2013March 12, 2020
Posted in Book Review, Energy, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

“Fostering Sustainable Behavior” was written to provide resources to those designing and implementing sustainability initiatives, such as reducing waste, increasing energy efficiency, reducing water consumption, and altering transportation patterns. (p.x) Fostering Sustainable Behavior >>> Mackenzie-Mohr and Smith promote an effective concept called “community-based social marketing”. At first, I didn’t understand what this meant, and almost

Hold a lean kaizen event without wasting paper!

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Posted on October 31, 2013September 3, 2016
Posted in Land and Building Use, Pollutants, Raw Materials

As someone who is conscientious of wasting paper, I struggle with conducting lean events with the vast amounts of “butcher” paper and easel pads that are used during the event. I try to utilize white boards as much as possible, especially for mapping and documenting actions items. I’ll also encourage computer use, to capture information

Hyundai’s Corporate Social Responsiblity discussion with John Krafcik

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Posted on October 20, 2013May 20, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, External Article, Management, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation

In an interview with John Krafcik is best known for coming up with the term “Lean” during his time at MIT, as part of a research team comparing American and Japanese automobile manufacturing. He joined Hyundai in 2004 as vice president of Product Development and Strategic Planning after tenures at Ford Motor Company and the

Green Your Work by Kim Carlson – Book Review

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Posted on September 2, 2013September 14, 2016
Posted in Book Review, Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation, Uncategorized, Water

Green Your Work was written by Kim Carlson, who has led several different businesses through a green transformation, and well before all the “cool kids” were doing it. Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Carbon Footprint The book is very well organized, into three main section, for a total of 14