Publications
Below, find a list of downloadable resources to support your lean and environment initiative.
- The Lean and Environment Toolkit (PDF, 98 pages, 1.08M About PDF January 2006; EPA Publication #100-K-06-003 Offers practical techniques and strategies that can help lean, environmental, and other specialists at your shopfloor to deliver environmentally protective lean decisions as a routine task of your lean driven business operations
- Working Smart for Environmental Protection: Improving State Agency Processes With Lean and Six Sigma (PDF, 55 pages, 1.22M, About PDF, March 2008; EPA Publications #100-R-08-007). Learn about the implementation experiences and results of five States that have used Lean, Six Sigma, and similar business process improvement methods to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of agency processes
- Lean Manufacturing and the Environment (PDF, 68 pages, 524 KB, About PDF)
October 2003; EPA Publication #100-R-03-005
A collaborative effort between EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) and Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (OPEI).
- Lean and Government Starter Kit (PDF, 75 pages, 818 KB, About PDF, March 2008; EPA Publications #100-R-08-009). The Lean in Government Starter Kit offers practical techniques and strategies for federal and state agencies interested in implementing lean process improvement methods.
- Lean Manufacturing and the Environment: Ignoring the 8th Deadly Waste Leaves Money on the Table (PDF, 6 pages, 125 KB, About PDF) Reprinted from Target magazine with permission of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
- Findings and Recommendations on Lean Production and Environmental Management Systems in the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Sector (PDF, 163 KB, 15 pages, About PDF )
- Pursuing Perfection: Case Studies Examining Lean Manufacturing Strategies, Pollution Prevention, and Environmental Regulatory Management Implications (PDF, 49 pages, 227 KB, About PDF) August 2000; Profiling specific case studies in Lean and the environment.