Energy & the Environment
The ever-increasing cost of energy/environmental waste (E/EW) and the devastating effect on the environment from its consumption is getting increased scrutiny from all stakeholders. A new tool/approach is now available that will result in cost savings through the elimination of energy waste, and allow you to monetize your CO2 emissions reductions.
A reduction in energy consumption produces a rapid, sustainable ROI, year over year, making it possible for even small organizations to proceed immediately.
Most organizations are familiar with the power of applying Lean to the elimination of these wastes:
- Over Production
- Inventory
- Waiting
- Transportation
- Motion
- Over Processing
- Quality Defect
- Reprioritization
- People Skills
These nine wastes usually represent greater than 50% of the activities in a process. If we consider that most of these wastes consume some type of energy, then Energy and Environmental Waste (E/EW) is the 10th waste.
The challenge is to change the way we use or misuse E/EW to produce our product or service.
Some examples of Energy waste and the Environmental Pollutants that result:
- Wrong sized equipment
- Equipment running excessively
- Too much equipment running
- Non-recoverable heat loss
- Inventory (heating, refrigeration, lighting)
- Stack emissions
- Waste water
- Overproducing
- Transportation
- Over processing
- Defects
- Excess packaging
- Excess fluids, gases, solids
- Waste By-products
The tool we use is Energy Value Stream Mapping™ (EnVSM) capturing all energy waste within a process and identifying environmental impacts. These wastes are then reduced/eliminated systematically through a detailed Future State Waste Reduction Plan. The impact is dramatic and sustainable with a payback measurable in just a few months.
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