Wasted Food – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

E120: Tackling Green with Lean – Lean Global Connection 2024

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Posted on December 16, 2024December 5, 2024
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Wasted Food, Water

In this episode, I share a presentation that the Lean Sustainability Global Network (an unofficial team that I’m involved with) gave at the Lean Global Connection virtual conference in Nov 2024. We share how Lean principles can be applied to tackle pressing environmental challenges and improve processes. For example, Lean and Green expands the traditional

The pursuit of eggscellence – Planet Lean

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Posted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
Posted in Employee Engagement, External Article, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Raw Materials, Wasted Food

Two egg omelette restaurants run by Nima and Faraz Ghorbani in The Netherlands utilize Lean to successfully grow their business, thanks to the training and coaching they received from René Aernoudts of the Lean Management Instituut. One of their challenges was to improve cleaning and operational efficiency. Different equipment and brands made it challenging, so

How Tuinderij Vers is learning to see and reducing food waste – Planet Lean

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Posted on May 23, 2024May 24, 2024
Posted in Employee Engagement, External Article, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Management, Solid Waste, Wasted Food

Faced with increased production volumes for processed vegetables, this Dutch company realized the need to improve its processes by developing people skills. In September 2023, the leadership team participated in a Black Belt course with Lean Management Instituut. The next step was to involve front-line staff through an Orange Belt course. Here are some of

Using Lean to meet basic needs in society – Lean Global Connection

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Posted on December 1, 2023November 28, 2024
Posted in External Article, Nonprofit, Solid Waste, Wasted Food

In the 2023 Lean Global Connection, a panel discussion was organized to discuss the use of Lean to assist with basic needs and societal challenges such as hunger, healthcare and unemployment. The discussion features four panelists from diverse fields: The panelists strongly believe in the immense potential of lean thinking and practice to address complex