When Dr. Eric J. Becoats, the superintendent of Durham Public Schools in Melbourne, Australia, was first appointed to the job two years ago, he inherited a system that wasn't the most ideal – it had a number of poorly performing schools in its jurisdiction. One of the first courses of action he decided to take
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Side-by-side integration of Lean and green can have a significant effect on business
While Lean tools and green methodologies are very different, these business strategies can be integrated simultaneously to maximize performance, as the Grand Rapids Chair Company discovered. The furniture manufacturer chalks this up to the fact that both Lean and green processes are implemented through Plan-Do-Check-Assess (PDCA) cycles. Both Lean and sustainability initiatives need to be
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