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	<title>Comments on: Lean and Green at the EPA</title>
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		<title>By: Management Improvement Carnival #40 — Lean Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Management Improvement Carnival #40 — Lean Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Lean and Green at the EPA (Jason Turgeon &#8211; Lean Blog): &#8220;In another permit process, the time it takes to issue a permit dropped from 425 days to just 15.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Lean and Green at the EPA (Jason Turgeon &#8211; Lean Blog): &#8220;In another permit process, the time it takes to issue a permit dropped from 425 days to just 15.&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cartier</title>
		<link>http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/lean-and-green-at-epa/#comment-3839</link>
		<dc:creator>Cartier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At our most recent lean plant tour, I spoke with a a gentleman from EDC (Export Development Canada) where they have implemented lean in one of three divisions.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;He said they have had massive improvements and are now able to track the status of work with a whiteboard, and significantly decreased processing time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At our most recent lean plant tour, I spoke with a a gentleman from EDC (Export Development Canada) where they have implemented lean in one of three divisions.  </p>
<p>He said they have had massive improvements and are now able to track the status of work with a whiteboard, and significantly decreased processing time.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
		<link>http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/lean-and-green-at-epa/#comment-3826</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mike-&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Glad you enjoyed it.  Sorry, I&#039;ve fixed the download link in the original post, or use the direct link:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://www.divshare.com/download/5025273-6da&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jason</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mike-</p>
<p>Glad you enjoyed it.  Sorry, I&#8217;ve fixed the download link in the original post, or use the direct link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/5025273-6da" rel="nofollow">http://www.divshare.com/download/5025273-6da</a></p>
<p>Jason</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/lean-and-green-at-epa/#comment-3825</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for these updates Jason, very valuable for us to reflect on and use in our business where sustainability is a main issue and our Operational Excellence (our internal &quot;lean&quot; brand) programme has a need to connect more effectively to this.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;By the way can you please confirm the link to download this presentation.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thanks in advance,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MikeNZ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for these updates Jason, very valuable for us to reflect on and use in our business where sustainability is a main issue and our Operational Excellence (our internal &#8220;lean&#8221; brand) programme has a need to connect more effectively to this.</p>
<p>By the way can you please confirm the link to download this presentation.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>MikeNZ</p>
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