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Green Six Sigma
by Ron Basu
Green Six Sigma
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1: Climate Change Challenges
Chapter 2: International and National Climate Change Initiatives
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Green Six Sigma
Chapter 4: More of Green Six Sigma
Chapter 5: Green Six Sigma Tools
Chapter 6: The Digital Revolution and Climate Change
Chapter 7: Green Six Sigma and Clean Energy
Chapter 8: Green Six Sigma and Green Supply Chain
Chapter 9: Green Six Sigma and Green Transport
Chapter 10: Green Six Sigma and Retrofitting Buildings
Chapter 11: Green Six Sigma and Climate Adaptation
Chapter 12: Implementation: Making It Happen
Appendix 1: Carbon Footprint Factsheet
Appendix 2: Yield Conversion Table
References
Glossary
Index
End User License Agreement
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Title Page
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Background
About This Book
Who Should Use This Book?
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1: Climate Change Challenges
1.1. Introduction
1.2. The Earth's Temperature Is Rising
1.3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country
1.4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector
1.5. Summary
Chapter 2: International and National Climate Change Initiatives
2.1. Introduction
2.2. International Climate Change Initiatives
2.3. National Climate Change Initiatives
2.4. Summary
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Green Six Sigma
3.1. Introduction
3.2. First Wave: As Is to TQM
3.3. Second Wave: TQM to Lean Six Sigma
3.4. Third Wave: Lean Six Sigma to FIT SIGMA and Green Six Sigma
3.5. More About Six Sigma
3.6. What Is Six Sigma?
3.7. The Structured Approach of Six Sigma
3.8. Certification of Black Belts and Master Black Belts
3.9. What Is Lean Six Sigma?
3.10. More on Lean Six Sigma
3.11. Why FIT SIGMA?
3.12. What Is Green Six Sigma?
3.13. Summary
Chapter 4: More of Green Six Sigma
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Fitness for the Purpose
4.3. Sigma (Σ) for Improvement and Integration
4.4. Fitness for Sustainability
4.5. Summary
Notes
Chapter 5: Green Six Sigma Tools
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Tools for Define
5.3. Tools for Measure
5.4. Tools for Analysis
5.5. Tools for Improvement
5.6. Tools for CONTROL
5.7. Tools for Sustain
5.8. Summary
Notes
Chapter 6: The Digital Revolution and Climate Change
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Information Technology and Systems
6.3. E-business
6.4. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
6.5. Digital Tools for Green Six Sigma
6.6. Digital Technology Applications in Climate Change
6.7. Summary
Chapter 7: Green Six Sigma and Clean Energy
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Guiding Factors of Clean Energy
7.3. How Clean Energy Solutions Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
7.4. How Six Sigma Is Helping Clean Energy Initiatives
7.5. How Green Six Sigma Can Help Clean Energy Initiatives Further
7.6. Summary
Chapter 8: Green Six Sigma and Green Supply Chain
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Green Thinking and Climate Change Initiative
8.3. Why Green Six Sigma is Relevant to Green Supply Chain
8.4. Green Initiatives by Manufacturers and Suppliers
8.5. Green Initiatives by Retailers
8.6. Green Initiatives by Consumers
8.7. Green Initiatives by Farmers
8.8. How Green Six Sigma Can Help the Green Supply Chain
8.9. Summary
Chapter 9: Green Six Sigma and Green Transport
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Guiding Factors of Clean Transports
9.3. How Clean Transport Solutions Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
9.4. How Six Sigma Is Helping Green Transports Initiatives
9.5. How Green Six Sigma Can Help Green Transport Initiatives Further
9.6. Summary
Chapter 10: Green Six Sigma and Retrofitting Buildings
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Guiding Factors of Retrofitting Buildings
10.3. How Retrofitting Buildings Provides Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
10.4. How Six Sigma Is Helping Retrofitting Buildings Initiatives
10.5. How Green Six Sigma Can Help Retrofitting Houses Initiatives Further
10.6. Summary
Chapter 11: Green Six Sigma and Climate Adaptation
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Climate Adaptation in the Global Community
11.3. Climate Adaptation in Clean Energy
11.4. Climate Adaptation in Green Supply Chains
11.5. Climate Adaptation in Green Transports
11.6. Climate Adaptation in Retrofitting Houses
11.7. Climate Adaptation and Infrastructure Projects
11.8. Climate Adaptation and Innovation
11.9. Summary
Chapter 12: Implementation: Making It Happen
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Implementation of Climate Change Initiatives
12.3. The Implementation of Green Six Sigma
12.4. Implementation for New Starters
12.5. Green Six Sigma for ‘Stalled’ Six Sigma
12.6. Green Six Sigma for Small and Medium Enterprises
12.7. Green Six Sigma for Successful Organisations
12.8. External Consultants
12.9. Summary
Appendix 1: Carbon Footprint Factsheet
Carbon Footprint
Sources of Emissions
Appendix 2: Yield Conversion Table
References
Glossary
Index
End User License Agreement
List of Tables
Chapter 1
Table 1.1 Greenhouse gases
Table 1.2 Top 20 countries emitting CO
2
in 2020
Table 1.3 Greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector
Chapter 3
Table 3.1 Results of tossing 10 coins 100 times
Table 3.2 Sample of Black Belt training
Table 3.3 DMAIC and SCORE
Chapter 4
Table 4.1 The Six Sigma tools
Table 4.2 Outline of a deployment plan
Table 4.3 Self-assessment options
Chapter 5
Table 5.1 Quantitative data of cola cans
Table 5.2 Operational efficiency
Table 5.3 Data points of a car pool
Table 5.4 Individual data in each class
Table 5.5 Major defects identified during manufacture of ICBs
Table 5.6 Construction of variable Control Charts
Table 5.7 Framework of a SWOT Analysis
Table 5.8 PESTLE Analysis
Table 5.9 Data of a toilet soap packing line
Table 5.10 List of project activities for production of a technical book
Table 5.11 Actual performance of the supplier and the expectation of the cus...
Table 5.12 An example of EFQM self-assessment scores
Table 5.13 CO
2
emissions: performance summary
Table 5.14 CO
2
emissions: car travel
Table 5.15 CO
2
emissions: wastes
Chapter 7
Table 7.1 Green Six Sigma by economic sector
Table 7.2 How much power do we need?
Table 7.3 Fuel share of primary energy in 2019
Table 7.4 Power density of energy sources
Table 7.5 Share of Clean Energy in 2019
Table 7.6 Hydropower
Table 7.7 Wind power
Table 7.8 Solar power
Table 7.9 Ranking in the nuclear power capacity of the top five countries
Chapter 8
Table 8.1 Toyota's 5R for Green Thinking
Chapter 9
Table 9.1 Emissions from transports
Table 9.2 Electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe
Table 9.3 Rail electrification in larger European countries
Chapter 10
Table 10.1 Air conditioning in households in the top five countries
Chapter 11
Table 11.1 Climate adaption for house design
Table 11.2 Improved technologies and materials for R&D
Chapter 12
Table 12.1 Categories of savings
Table 12.4 Green Six Sigma Culture
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
Figure 1.1 The rise of CO
2
emissions since 1840
Figure 1.2 The rise of global temperatures since 1840
Figure 1.3 The rise of global temperatures and carbon dioxide emissions
Figure 1.4 The CO
2
emission rates for countries and regions
Figure 1.5 The CO
2
emission rates and CO
2
ppm
Chapter 3
Figure 3.1 Road map to operational excellence© Ron Basu
Figure 3.2 A histogram of tossing 10 coins
Figure 3.3 Normal distribution curve
Chapter 4
Figure 4.1 Main barriers to quality movement
Figure 4.2 FIT Σ fundamentals
Figure 4.3 Fitness for the purpose
Figure 4.4 FIT Σ process logic
Figure 4.5 Project organisation: a two-way communication process
Figure 4.6 A model showing a process towards a longer lasing outcome in proj...
Figure 4.7 Kaplan and Norton's Balanced Scorecard
Figure 4.8 The stages of performance management
Figure 4.9 Senior management review process (S&OP)
Figure 4.10 Balanced Scorecard hierarchy
Figure 4.11 EFQM model
Figure 4.12 Total solutions: a holistic approach
Figure 4.13 Manufacturing correctness profile
Chapter 5
Figure 5.1 Value stream for cola cans
Figure 5.2 SIPOC process diagram
Figure 5.3 A Flow Diagram
Figure 5.4 A CTQ tree
Figure 5.5 Six Sigma Project Charter
Figure 5.6 Example of a Run Chart
Figure 5.7 Example of a histogram
Figure 5.8 Cause and effect diagram
Figure 5.9 Pareto Chart
Figure 5.10 ABC Analysis
Figure 5.11 Control Chart
Figure 5.12 Regression Analysis
Figure 5.13 Force Field Diagram
Figure 5.14 Interrelationship Diagram
Figure 5.15 SMED: setup time reduction
Figure 5.16 Equipment time analysis
Figure 5.17 Soap production line
Figure 5.18 A Gantt Chart
Figure 5.19 Activity Network Diagram
Figure 5.20 Radar Chart
Figure 5.21 PDCA Cycle
Figure 5.22 Material Flow Analysis diagram
Chapter 6
Figure 6.1 Information technology strategy
Figure 6.2 Application software modules
Figure 6.3 Software development strategy
Figure 6.4 E-business building blocks
Figure 6.5 A typical flow of Big Data Analytics
Chapter 8
Figure 8.1 Supply chain management
Figure 8.2 Green Thinking concept
Figure 8.3 Total Supply Chain Emission Chart
Chapter 10
Figure 10.1 Electric combi boiler solution
Figure 10.2 Air source heat pump: a schematic diagram
Figure 10.3 Ground source heat pump: a schematic diagram
Figure 10.4 Domestic solar energy: a schematic diagram
Figure 10.5 Circular economy for home appliances
Chapter 12
Figure 12.1 Framework of a Green Six Sigma implementation
© Ron Basu
Figure 12.2 Green Six Sigma programme organisation
© Ron Basu
Figure 12.3 Project planned and completed
©
Ron Basu
Figure 12.4 Value of planned and completed projects© Ron Basu
Figure 12.5 A typical time plan for a Green Six Sigma programme
Figure 12.6 Green Six Sigma structure for SMEs© Ron Basu
Guide
Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Begin Reading
Appendix 1 Carbon Footprint Factsheet
Appendix 2 Yield Conversion Table
References
Glossary
Index
End User License Agreement
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