Chapter 1From Lean to Green: Green Value Stream Thinking
With all the different industries and businesses in the world doing so many different things, it would be nearly impossible to develop an exhaustive list of what each has to do in order to be greener. Instead, drawing on Toyota's principles of lean production, the trick is to follow a systematic process to achieve an end result, one that will vary from company to company and industry to industry. The systematic process can be applied to almost any business or organization, making it dynamic, but each can go green in the best way for that company.
With lean, the trick is to shift your thinking so that you're seeing every portion of your process from the perspective of the customer—what ...
