Green intentions creating a green value stream to compete and win
Developed by a plant manager who experienced first-hand the challenges to going green in a business environment, Green Intentions provides organizations with a simple, straightforward, and practical approach to green the Green Value Stream (GVS) process that is as mindful as it is profitable. Based...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Productivity Press
2020
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| Edition: | 1st |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Developed by a plant manager who experienced first-hand the challenges to going green in a business environment, Green Intentions provides organizations with a simple, straightforward, and practical approach to green the Green Value Stream (GVS) process that is as mindful as it is profitable. Based on the highly successful, Lean philosophy, the GVS process shows you how to quickly identify, measure, and minimize the seven green wastes to realize immediate cost savings. With the initial savings from harvesting the low-hanging fruit, organizations will have the support and momentum needed to eliminate each of the green wastes, leading to environmental sustainability and the substantial business benefits that follow, including increased revenues, new customers, employee retention, innovation, and increased shareholder value.Part I, Going Green shows how the green value stream provides a dynamic, proven, and successful approach to going green. It also defines each of the seven green wastes, explains the overall green value stream process, provides guidance on implementing it in your organization, and shows how to map your green value stream.Part II, The Seven Green Wastes provides a step-by-step process for minimizing and eliminating each of the seven wastes. It includes real-life examples illustrating the environmental and economic benefits associated with moving toward the elimination of each.The book also includes: A Green Dictionary that defines current terms associated with the green movement Web links and other resources to help you in your journey toward environmental sustainability An environmental primer that clears through the rhetoric to give you a clear picture of what is going on with the environment and what the end goal of environmental and overall sustainability needs to look like |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: Boca Raton: CRC, 2009. - <P>Section I Going Green<BR>From Lean to Green: Green Value Stream Thinking<BR>The First Green Waste: Energy<BR>The Second Green Waste: Water<BR>The Third Green Waste: Materials<BR>The Fourth Green Waste: Garbage<BR>The Fifth Green Waste: Transportation<BR>The Sixth Green Waste: Emissions<BR>The Seventh Green Waste: Biodiversity</P><P>Understanding Your Green Value Streams<BR>Starting with an Example: Value Streams versus Green Value Streams<BR>The Green Value Stream (GVS) Approach<BR>Green Stream Mapping<BR>Creating Your Current-State Green Stream Map<BR>Map What You Do<BR>Identify Each Step or Process<BR>Map How You Receive and Send Materials and Information<BR>Draw in Data Boxes<BR>Identify the Green Wastes<BR>Measure the Green Wastes<BR>Creating a Future-State Green Stream Map<BR>Achieving a Green State: The Pursuit of Perfection<BR>Gaining Corporate Support for the GVS Process<BR>Gaining a Commitment from Top Management<BR>Setting Your Green Vision<BR>Establishing Your Green . - Champion<BR>Establishing a Green Team<BR>The Bottom-Up Approach<BR>Life Cycle Analysis</P><P>Section II T he Seven Green Wastes</P><P>The First Green Waste: Energy<BR>Step 1: Identify the Use and Source of Energy in Each Activity<BR>Step 2: Measure the Quantity of Energy Used<BR>Step 3: Minimize the Use of Energy<BR>Step 4: Offset Remaining Energy Use<BR>Step 5: Transition to Self-Harvested Renewable Energy</P><P>The Second Green Waste: Water<BR>Step 1: Identify the Use of Water in the Value Stream and Overall Building<BR>Step 2: Measure Water Consumption and Discharge in the Overall Building and Value Stream Activities<BR>Step 3: Measure Toxicity of Water Discharged in Value Stream Activities<BR>Step 4: Minimize the Consumption of Water<BR>Step 5: Minimize the Toxicity of Water Discharge<BR>Step 6: Self-Harvest Rainwater<BR>Step 7: Transition toward the Continual Reuse of Water</P><P>The Third Green Waste: Materials<BR>Step 1: Ide |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781000285598 0367806681 1000285596 9781000285666 9781420089639 1420089633 9780367806682 |