Environmental Professional’s Guide to Lean and Six Sigma: Appendix A
Lean and Six Sigma Resources
- Books on Lean Thinking and Principles
- Books on Six Sigma
- Books and Articles on Methods Used in Lean and Six Sigma
- Websites
- Toolkit Navigation
Books on Lean Thinking and Principles
- Flinchbaugh, Jamie and Andy Carlino. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road. Dearborn, MI: Society for Manufacturing Engineers, 2006.
- Liker, Jeffrey K. (ed.) Becoming Lean: Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1998.
- Liker, Jeffrey K. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
- Pascal, Dennis. Lean Production Simplified: A Plain Language Guide to the World’s Most Powerful Production System. New York: Productivity Press, 2002.
- Womack, James P., Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos. The Machine That Changed the World. New York: Rawson Associates, 1990.
- Womack, James P. and Daniel T. Jones. Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together. New York: Free Press, 2005.
- Womack, James P. and Daniel T. Jones. Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Books on Six Sigma
- Breyfogle, Forrest W. III. Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
- King and Michalski. Six Sigma Tool Navigator. New York: Productivity Press, 2003.
Books and Articles on Methods Used in Lean and Six Sigma
5S and Visual Controls
- Greif, Michel. The Visual Factory: Building Participation Through Shared Information. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1995.
- Hirano, Hiroyuki. 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace: The Sourcebook for 5S Implementation. New York: Productivity Press, 1995.
- Peterson, Jim, Roland Smith, Ph.D. The 5S Pocket Guide. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1998.
- Productivity Press Development Team. 5S for Operators: 5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1996.
- Productivity Press Development Team. 5S for Safety Implementation Toolkit: Creating Safe Conditions Using the 5S System. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 2000.
- Productivity Press Development Team. 5S for Safety: New Eyes for the Shop Floor. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1999.
- Shimbun, Nikkan Kogyo, ed. Visual Control Systems. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1995.
Cellular Manufacturing and One-Piece Flow
- Hyer, Nancy and Urban Wemmerlöv. Reorganizing the Factory: Competing Through Cellular Manufacturing. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 2001.
- Kobayashi, Iwao. 20 Keys to Workplace Improvement. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1995.
- Productivity Press Development Team. Cellular Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1999.
- Sekine, Ken’ichi. One Piece Flow: Cell Design for Transforming the Manufacturing Process. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1992.
Just-in-Time Delivery
- Productivity Press Development Team. Just-in-Time for Operators. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1998.
- Productivity Press Development Team. Kanban for the Shopfloor. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 2002.
Kaizen Events
- Productivity Press Development Team. Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 2003.
- Productivity Press Development Team. Kaizen for the Shopfloor. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 2002.
Lean Design Methods
- Mascitelli, Ronald. The Lean Design Guide Book. Northridge, CA: Technology Perspectives, 2004.
- Vaughn, Amanda, Fernandes Pradeep, and J. Tom Shields. “An Introduction to the Manufacturing System Design Framework – Draft.” A product of the Manufacturing Systems Team of the Lean Aerospace Initiative.
Standard Work and Mistake Proofing
- Pojasek, Robert B. “Poka-Yoke and Zero Waste.” Environmental Quality Management (Winter, 1999) 91–97.
- Pojasek, Robert B. “Zeroing In.” Environmental Quality Management (Summer 1999) 93–97.
- Productivity Press Development Team. Standard Work for the Shopfloor. New York: Productivity Press, 2002.
Total Productive Maintenance
- Campbell, John Dixon. Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1995.
- The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, ed. TPM for Every Operator. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1996.
Value Stream Mapping
- Rother, Mike and John Shook. Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Create Value and Eliminate Muda. Brookline, MA: Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc., 2003.
- Tapping, Don, Tom Luyster, and Tom Shuker. Value Stream Management: Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, and Sustaining Lean Improvements. New York: Productivity, Inc., 2002.
Websites
- EPA Lean Manufacturing and the Environment Website - This website provides information on the relationship of Lean to the environment, case studies, and tools for integrating environmental considerations into Lean methods.
- EPA Lean Thinking and Methods Webpage - This provides descriptions of methods used in Lean and Six Sigma.
- Lean Enterprise Institute - LEI is a non-profit research and training organization focused on value stream mapping and Lean principles.
- National Association of Manufacturers - This organization is working towards modernization of U.S. manufacturing and making U.S. manufacturing more competitive.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership - NIST MEP Centers are non-profit Lean technical assistance providers.
- Productivity Press - Productivity Press is a private Lean publishing company.
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- Contents & Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1: Why Lean and Six Sigma Are Important to the Environment
- Chapter 2: What Is Lean?
- Chapter 3: What Is Six Sigma?
- Chapter 4: How Do Lean and Six Sigma Relate to the Environment?
- Chapter 5: Why Does It Matter How We Talk About Lean and Environment?
- Chapter 6: Lean and Environment Applications
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
- Appendix A: Lean and Six Sigma Resources
- Appendix B: Lean and Environment Resources
- Appendix C: Lean and Six Sigma Glossary
- Appendix D: Environmental Glossary
- Appendix E: Summary of the Washington Lean and Environment Pilot Projects