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Can You Enhance Corporate Performance Through Social Responsibility?
April 27 by Process Excellence NetworkA company ultimately exists to enhance the well being of society, and not the other way around, argues author Frank Dixon, an expert on implementing sustainability measures to enhance corporate perf...
Lean and Green Initiative at GKN
April 21 by Process Excellence NetworkCan existing manufacturing practices be adapted to support sustainable business? That's the question that Andrea Pampanelli, Driveline CI Leaders and Environmental Specialist at GKN, is seeking to a...
Going Green and Going Bananas
April 18 by Ian GottsTo go "Green" requires changes to how people work, interact and use technology. Columnist Ian Gotts, CEO and founder of Nimbus, argues there are both business and environmental benefits to BPM and c...
Future Proofing Business and Avoiding the Unmanageable
April 14 by Dax LovegroveLeading companies increasingly understand how man-made impacts present new business risks and are starting to adapt business practices, writes Dax Lovegrove, Head of Business and Industry at WWF. Bu...
The Price of Sustainability
April 07 by Process Excellence NetworkHow do you assign value to sustainability? Are company profits and environmentalism compatible goals? Companies are starting to wake up to the financial benefits of sustainability, says John Peloza,...
Beyond Lean: Compression Thinking for Finite Resources
April 06 by Process Excellence NetworkBusinesses need a new framework to tackle this century's new challenges, says Robert "Doc" Hall, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, a founding member of the Association for Manufacturing Exce...
Sustainable Development the Deming Way
April 04 by Paul BeshahDeming said that systems must be designed and led so everyone can win, says Paul Beshah, once a refugee from Ethiopia and now a professional in the United States. In this week's The Deming Files, Be...
TRANSCRIPT: Interview with Celia Banks, Pfizer Worldwide
February 15 by Process Excellence NetworkCelia Banks, Continuous Improvement Lead for Pfizer Worldwide R&D Business Technology explains how the pharmaceutical giant is viewing developments in Lean and Green thinking. PEXNetwork: Can you...
Balanced on the Lean/Green Tight Wire: The Role of Lean and Six Sigma in Organizational Survivability and Environmental Sustainability
February 11 by Clyde ParkerAs we struggle to keep a solid footing on the tight wire of global completion, gale-force winds of economic uncertainty pose a new risk to our balance. The skillful navigation of tomorrow’s fisc...
Finding the Green in Lean Six Sigma
December 15 by Chris ReedIn traditional Lean thinking, what is waste? Running across the factory floor to get a tool? Yes. Waiting for someone down the line to finish up their part of the assembly? Definitely. Leaving the l...
Green Intentions: Creating a Green Value Stream to Compete and Win
April 20 by Book ReviewBy Brett Wills Published by Productivity Press in 2009 Developed by a plant manager who experienced first-hand the challenges to going green in a business environment, Green Intentions provides orga...