Are Lean and Green Really “Two Sides of the Same Coin?”
I used to like the slogan, “Lean and Green are two sides of the same coin.” I even used it as a tagline in…
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Kaizen Adventures in My Hometown of Livonia, Michigan
I'm in my home town of Livonia, Michigan this week, having arrived to the snow and cold yesterday, staying through…
‘Lean and Green’ is Free
Mark's note: What follows is a guest post by Keivan Zokaei about the necessary and unsurprisingly overlap between…
Memorial Day Thanks & Links to Lean in the Military
I know about 35% of you are reading from outside of the United States, but it is a national holiday here today,…
The Paradox of Green: Why Simply Giving New Recycling Bins Is Not Enough
My city in Texas signed a contract with a new trash/waste company that starts on September 1st. The new bin is…
Lean Leads to Green, Which Supports Lean
Forgive me if some Texas pride comes through in this post, as well as some former-client pride. The clinical…
Happy Birthday Frank Gilbreth; Reducing Waste in Hospitals… Green is Lean
Today, July 7, is the birthday of Frank Gilbreth, born this day in 1868. While some of his methods arguably ranked…
Guest Post: Green Is Lean
Mark's note: Today's guest blogger is Tim McMahon, who normally blogs at his called "A Lean Journey: The Quest for…
A Lean and Green Survey from the UK
One of my colleagues from across the Pond, James Marsh at Sheffield Hallam University, is currently researching…
Green Bike Builders Go Against the China Cheap Labor Rush
Thanks to Steven H. For sending this to me. While NBC's focus of this evening news story was the "Green" aspect of…
What's the Point of Standard if it's Not Followed?
I am at the Ontario Hospital Association 'HealthAchieve' meeting (giving a talk on Lean Healthcare later on). I saw…
Neither Lean Nor Green: People Who Send Me Stuff I Didn’t Ask For
Channeling my inner Andy Rooney...
I try to be a lean thinker and a lean guy. I'm all for reducing and…
The New GM Is No Longer the "Leaner" GM?
I've complained about this before, it hardly fazes me any more when the media say that GM is going to be "leaner"…
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…
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…