Publications
Below, find a list of downloadable resources from, EPA to support your lean initiative.
- Administrative Lean Fact Sheet (PDF, 2 pages, About PDF)
- 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
- Lean and Environment Fact Sheet
- 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.
- The Lean in Air Permitting Guide: A Supplement to the Lean in Government Starter Kit is designed to help air program managers at public agencies better understand the potential value and results that can be achieved by applying Lean improvement methods to air permitting 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).
- 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
- Findings and Recommendations on Lean Production and Environmental Management Systems in the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Sector (PDF, 163 KB, 15 pages, About PDF )
- 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)
- 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.
- Washington Lean and Environment Project Final Report (PDF, 29 pages, About PDF)
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Woodfold Manufacturing Case Study (PDF, 2 pages, About PDF)