Energy & the Environment
The ever-increasing cost of energy and environmental waste (E/EW), and the devastating effect on the environment from its consumption, is getting increased scrutiny from all stakeholders. A new approach is now available that provides cost savings through the elimination of energy waste, and allows you to monetize your CO2 emissions reductions.
A reduction in energy consumption quickly produces a rapid and sustainable return on investment which makes it possible for even small organizations to benefit from KAIZEN Lean immediately.
Most organizations are familiar with the power of applying KAIZEN Lean to the elimination of these wastes:
- Over Production
- Inventory
- Waiting
- Transportation
- Motion
- Over Processing
- Quality Defect
- Re-prioritization
- 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 products and services.
Some examples of Energy waste and the Environmental Pollutants that result:
- Incorrectly-sized equipment
- Excessive running of Equipment
- Too much equipment running
- Non-recoverable heat loss
- Inventory (heating, refrigeration, lighting)
- Stack emissions
- Waste water
- Over-production
- Transportation
- Over-processing
- Defects
- Excess packaging
- Excess fluids, gases, solids
- Waste byproducts
Energy Value Stream Mapping™ (EnVSM) is an approach that enables organizations to capture all energy waste within a process and identify the environmental impacts of the waste. These wastes are then reduced and 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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