Sixty-Fifth Meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum
Lean Manufacturing and the Environment
March 19-20, 2009
Session Highlights
David M. Kiser, Ph.D.
Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability
Vice President
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, New York
Meeting Environmental Operations and Product Challenges with "KOS"
As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak's portfolio is broad and its operations are diverse. To support such a profile, Kodak utilizes its continuous improvement methodology, the Kodak Operating System (KOS), to simplify business and manufacturing processes. KOS unites two highly regarded improvement approaches, combining Lean Thinking to drive out waste and Six Sigma to reduce variation. Drawing on a successful record of applying Lean and Six Sigma to environmental challenges, David Kiser shared examples of the application of KOS to achieve significant reductions in water use, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. He also discussed sustainability initiatives at Kodak and how Lean methodologies optimize environmental design processes used during new product development.
Eastman Kodak Executive Summary (kB .pdf) -- coming soon
Rob Currie
Director of Environment, Health & Safety
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Deerfield, Illinois
Lean and the Environment: Partners in Business
As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter International, Inc., develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. Baxter began its Lean journey almost 10 years ago. It readily became apparent that Baxter's Lean focus and environmental goals shared a common premise -- reduce waste! Integration of environmental aspects into Baxter's company-wide Lean program has had multiple benefits, the most direct of which reduces natural resource consumption, specifically water. Examples of using the popular Lean tool Value Stream Mapping will be given, along with other business benefits of integrating Lean and the environment.
Baxter Executive Summary (kB .pdf) -- coming soon
Scott Lakari
Vice President of Operations
Metalworks, Inc. / Great Openings
Ludington, Michigan
Taking Lean Systems from the Shop Floor to the Rest of your Organization
Metalworks is a 2008 recipient of the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence and has produced quality metal office furniture for over 25 years. Like many organizations, Metalworks began its Lean journey by introducing Lean tools to the shop floor. Many positive improvements were achieved, but difficult to sustain without the development of complete Lean systems. Metalworks found the connection to developing complete Lean systems and then were able to take these systems to all areas of the organization. Driving a Lean system philosophy throughout the entire organization paved the way for improvements not previously possible. Scott Lakari shared how Metalworks was able to break through from Lean tools to Lean systems in manufacturing and shows how these were then carried to other areas of the company.
Metalworks / Great Openings Executive Summary (kB .pdf) -- coming soon
Lou Johnson
Senior Technical Training Specialist
Minitab, Inc.
State College, Pennsylvania
