Wegman’s Cuts Wasted Energy and Costs, not "Wasted" Time Serving…
By Jason Turgeon:In the last couple of weeks, Mark's been hammering the midwestern grocery store chain Meijer for…
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Amazon’s "Frustration-Free Packaging is Lean and Green
By Jason Turgeon:
Amazon made some news at the end of last week when it announced that it will be redesigning…
Three Formal Efforts Tie Lean and Green Together
By Jason Turgeon:It looks like the Lean + Green movement is gathering steam. In the last week, I've seen three…
Lean meets Green in Burt’s Bees CSR
By Jason Turgeon:Burt's Bees started out making natural beeswax lip balm back in the '80's and ended up making…
Using Lean in Car Manufacturing to Cut the CO2 Footprint
By Jason Turgeon:Edie.net, which bills itself as "Europe's largest environmental website," for what it's worth, has…
Lean and Green at the EPA
By Jason Turgeon:This is a Lean-meets-EPA powerpoint. Download the original here. Click the little window emblem in…
Lean Applications in New Biofuels Production
By Jason Turgeon:
It seems that with oil nearing $140 a barrel, everyone is suddenly excited about improving…
Lean meets Drinking Water
By Jason Turgeon:This week is National Drinking Water Week! If that doesn't excite you, think about the Lean…
Towards Greener Chemistry
By Jason Turgeon:As a regular part of my job, I visit large industrial sites (mostly sewage treatment plants-yum!).…
Google-Funded eSolar project shows signs of Lean Thinking
By Jason Turgeon:Google made headlines last year when it announced it that it was going to devote a significant…
Lean and Green thoughts on China
By Jason Turgeon: China's everywhere in the news these days. It seems like you can't open a newspaper (or a feed…
A Bright Green Future: Applying Lean to the Whole Planet
By Jason Turgeon:In my first post a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the tension between what I called "new" and…
Lean Meets Green at Subaru
By Jason Turgeon:Introductions:I'm Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had…