Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

Course Description

This free online course shows how Lean and Six Sigma can help businesses and organizations reduce their environmental impact.

This course is the online version of a classroom course I've been teaching the past couple years. I want to make it available to everyone, since I cannot travel all over the world, and don't want you to have to travel to Portland in order to learn the materials.

In this course, you will learn:

How organizations have applied these concepts to their organization (videos)
What is Sustainability and how it relates to finances
What is Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma
How the Lean 7 forms of waste have a negative impact on the environment
How the Lean "gemba walk" approach can be used to reduce electricity usage
How Six Sigma projects can be used to reduce electricity usage
How Lean Six Sigma tools can be modified to incorporate the environment
Why Lean and Six Sigma will not naturally address environmental impacts
How to involve your Environment, Safety and Health and Facilities personnel into your improvement efforts
How Lean Six Sigma can help your environmental efforts go beyond "low hanging fruit" ideas
Useful Lean Six Sigma Tools for the environment, such as 5S, Green Impact Matrix, SQDC and more!

I will add more modules (shown in curriculum) to this course over time, but wanted to get the first 3 sections posted now, so you can get started. If there are specific tools or concepts from the curriculum that you'd like me to work on next, let me know.

Business Performance Improvement

Brion Hurley

I help teach people how to use efficiency techniques to help reduce their impact on the environment. I have over 15 years experience as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and have spent the last 10 years applying these techniques to sustainability efforts at work and in the community.

Course curriculum

1

Introduction (Free)
- Toyota Production System Improves Food Bank Delivery
- Quiz: Toyota Video
- Applying Lean Six Sigma in East Africa
- Quiz: East Africa Video
- Department of Ecology and AccraFab Partner to Save Money and Reduce Environmental Wastes
- Quiz: Accra-Fab Video
2

Introduction to Sustainability (Free)
- Climate Change
- Quiz: Climate Change
- Optional: Links for Climate Change Video
- What is Sustainability?
- Quiz: Sustainability
- Financial Reasons for Sustainability
- Quiz: Financial
- Optional: Links for Sustainability Section
3

Lean and Six Sigma Overview (Free)
- What is Lean?
- Quiz: Lean
- What is Six Sigma?
- Quiz: Six Sigma
- Who is TIM WOODS (7 forms of waste)?
- Quiz: Waste
- Waste in the Pizza Making Process
- What is W.A.S.T.E.? (Video Recap)
- What is Lean Six Sigma?
- Quiz: What is Lean Six Sigma?
- Why Lean Six Sigma?
- Quiz: Why Lean Six Sigma?
- 8 Ways Lean Six Sigma Can Reduce Environmental Impacts
- 40+ Environmental Lean Six Sigma Case Studies
- Optional: Links for Lean Six Sigma
- Problems with Lean Six Sigma
- Quiz: Problems with Lean Six Sigma
- Involving ES&H and Facilities
- Quiz: ES&H and Facilities
- EPA Lean Event Checklist
- Next Steps
4

W.A.S.T.E. Walks
- Introduction to Gemba, W.A.S.T.E. Walks, and the 4-Step Walk Process
- Quiz: W.A.S.T.E. Walks
- Water Walks Introduction and Planning Worksheet
- Quiz: Water Walk Introduction and Planning Worksheet
- Water Walks Event
- Quiz: Water Walks Event
- Affinity Diagrams, Impact-Ease Matrix and Multivoting
- Quiz: Affinity Diagrams, Impact-Ease Matrix and Multivoting
- Dumpster Dive Introduction
- Quiz: Dumpster Dive Introduction
- University of Iowa Dumpster Dive (Waste Sort)
- Dumpster Dive Tips and Waste Pyramid
- Quiz: Dumpster Dive Tips and Waste Pyramid
- Energy Walk Introduction
- Quiz: Energy Walk Introduction
- GE Treasure Hunt Reveals - How to Cut Energy Spend in Half at Citrus Bowl
- GE Capital: Treasure Hunt
- Energy Walks Detail
- Quiz: Energy Walks Detail
- W.A.S.T.E. Walks Summary
- Quiz: W.A.S.T.E. Walks Summary
- Optional: Links for W.A.S.T.E. Walks
5

5S Workplace Organization
- 5S Overview
- 5S Implementation at City of Irving Water Utilities Department
- 10 Tips for Greening your 5S Event
- 5S Quiz
- Optional: Links for 5S Resources
6

Green Impact Matrix
- Green Impact Matrix
7

Daily Management
- What is Daily Management and SQDC?
- Daily Management
- What are SQDC sheets?
- Safety Quality Delivery Customer (SQDC) Sheets
8

Process Mapping
- Process Maps
- Process Mapping Overview
9

Solving Problems
- Problem Solving Tools
- Pareto Charts
- What is 5 Why's?
- Fishbone (Cause and Effect) Diagram
10

Prioritization Matrix
- Selecting the Best Ideas
- Impact-Effort Matrix (Part 2) and Prioritization Matrix
- Selecting the Best Projects with Many Stakeholders
- Project Prioritization Matrix Template
11

Behavior Change
- Implementing Behavior Changes
- Changing Environmental Behaviors
12

Lean Startup
- What is Lean Startup?
- Lean Startup for the Environment and Social Good
13

Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- What is SPC?
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) Charts
- SPC at Honda
14

Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food Case Studies
- Applying Lean Six Sigma to Wasted Food
- Wasted Food Case Study Videos from Workshop #3
- Legal Sea Foods Case Study (Overview)
- Legal Sea Foods (Optional)
15

Regression Analysis
- Wasted Food Statistical Analysis with DEQ

Reviews

excellent

gugu gigaba

The videos and questions are clear and quickly understandable. My most focus being on : Lean, Sixma and the combined Lean Six Sigma and examples. I was very...

The videos and questions are clear and quickly understandable. My most focus being on : Lean, Sixma and the combined Lean Six Sigma and examples. I was very interested in the "G" for green in DMAIC leading "DMAGIC". Every business should include this for the sake of our world. Hopefully in the future it will be embedded in this philosophy of LSS. Thank you very much