Lean and Green

Chapter 18The Fastest Route to Lean and Green

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First, stop thinking of “the environment” and “profitability” as two separate entities. For a company to be successful you have to stop the divisiveness. They automatically marry.

—Bill Brunson, facilities manager, Apple Computer

YOU’VE read more than a hundred Lean and Green success stories, chronicling environmental steps taken by organizations ranging from dairies to semiconductor companies and resulting in millions of dollars of savings and earnings. Now, where do you start at your workplace and other organizations you’d like to influence? As you read this last chapter, let the Lean and Green champions inspire you one last time to do all you can for the success of your organization and a ...