Exploration of the integration of Lean and environmental improvement

.......................................................................................................... i Acknowledgements .........................................................................................ii

[1]  Paul R. McCright,et al.  Are Lean and Green Programs Synergistic , 2009 .

[2]  Matthias Holweg,et al.  The genealogy of lean production , 2007 .

[3]  Linda C. Angell,et al.  Integrating environmental issues into the mainstream: an agenda for research in operations management , 1999 .

[4]  Mike Farish.  Plants that are green , 2009 .

[5]  Edward Cohen-Rosenthal,et al.  Employee participation in pollution reduction: Preliminary analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory , 1996 .

[6]  R. Klassen,et al.  The Impact of Environmental Technologies on Manufacturing Performance , 1999 .

[7]  Andrew King,et al.  Exploring the Locus of Profitable Pollution Reduction , 2002, Manag. Sci..

[8]  R. Florida,et al.  What Makes Companies Green ? Organizational and Geographic Factors in the Adoption of Environmental Practices , 2000 .

[9]  Carol A. Adams,et al.  Making a difference : sustainability reporting, accountability and organisational change. , 2007 .

[10]  Robert B. Pojasek,et al.  Framing your lean‐to‐green effort , 2008 .

[11]  Val Singh,et al.  Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Organizations , 2002 .

[12]  Bruce A. Martin.  Creating value with proactive environmental strategies , 2005 .

[13]  Joseph Sarkis,et al.  Manufacturing strategy and environmental consciousness , 1995 .

[14]  Dave Moore,et al.  Using a systems approach to improve process and environmental performance , 2000 .

[15]  D. Coghlan,et al.  Action research for operations management , 2002 .

[16]  Alan Harrison,et al.  Case Study Research , 2002 .

[17]  Gregory Theyel.  Management practices for environmental innovation and performance , 2000 .

[18]  Jeff Weinrach.  The Lean, Green, Industrial Machine: The Other Side of Waste , 2002 .

[19]  Kirsten Schliephake,et al.  Making resources work more efficiently – the importance of supply chain partnerships , 2009 .

[20]  Jean-Pierre Blanchet,et al.  Arctic ‘greenhouse effect’ , 1994, Nature.

[21]  Martin Sexton,et al.  The challenges of creating actionable knowledge: an action research perspective , 2009 .

[22]  Sandra Rothenberg,et al.  Case study: Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.: Can lean production practices increase environmental performance? , 1998 .

[23]  Michael J. Lenox,et al.  LEAN AND GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEAN PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE , 2001 .

[24]  Tine Herreborg Jørgensen,et al.  Towards more sustainable management systems: through life cycle management and integration , 2008 .

[25]  Sandra L. Rothenberg,et al.  Is lean green? : the relationship between manufacturing processes and environmental performance within different regulatory contexts , 1999 .

[26]  T. Gutowski,et al.  Environmentally benign manufacturing: Observations from Japan, Europe and the United States , 2005 .

[27]  Kumar Rajaram,et al.  Achieving Environmental and Productivity Improvements Through Model-Based Process Redesign , 2002 .

[28]  Rapinder Sawhney,et al.  En-Lean: a framework to align lean and green manufacturing in the metal cutting supply chain , 2007 .

[29]  Heidi R. Karp.  Green suppliers network: Strengthening and Greening the manufacturing supply base , 2005 .

[30]  A.S.R. Manstead,et al.  Methodology in Social Psychology: Turning Ideas into Actions , 1988 .

[31]  Morten Pedersen,et al.  “Lean and Green” at a Romanian secondary tissue paper and board mill—putting theory into practice , 2006 .

[32]  Sandra Rothenberg,et al.  Green Schemes: Corporate Environmental Strategies and Their Implementation , 1997 .

[33]  Robert D. Klassen,et al.  Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Pollution Prevention Generate Mutual Benefits in the Furniture Industry , 2000, Interfaces.

[34]  Timothy J. Larson,et al.  Perfect complements: Synergies between lean production and eco‐sustainability initiatives , 2004 .

[35]  Richard Florida,et al.  Lean and Green: The Move to Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing , 1996 .

[36]  C. Eden,et al.  Action Research for Management Research , 1996 .

[37]  Robert John Mason,et al.  Lean and Green Thinking - Doing More with Less , 2003 .

[38]  W. R. Newman,et al.  Linking operational and environmental improvement through employee involvement , 2000 .

[39]  John Bicheno,et al.  The Lean Toolbox , 1999 .

[40]  Paul R. McCright,et al.  Lean Manufacturers' Transcendence to Green Manufacturing , 2009 .

[41]  Timothy J. Larson,et al.  Lean production and EMSs: Aligning environmental management with business priorities , 2005 .

[42]  Trevor Wood-Harper,et al.  A critical perspective on action research as a method for information systems research , 1996, J. Inf. Technol..

[43]  Paul Andre Henri Francois Nieuwenhuis,et al.  Lean and green supply chain mapping: adapting a lean management tool to the needs of industrial ecology , 2008 .

[44]  C. Liedtke,et al.  Material intensity of paper and board production in Western Europe , 1993 .

[45]  James P. Womack,et al.  Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation , 1996 .

[46]  M. Braungart,et al.  Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions - a strategy for eco-effective product and system design , 2007 .

[47]  Joseph Sarkis.  Manufacturing’s role in corporate environmental sustainability ‐ Concerns for the new millennium , 2001 .

[48]  S. Spear.  Learning to lead at Toyota. , 2004, Harvard business review.

[49]  Yew-Jin Lee,et al.  The (Unlikely) Trajectory of Learning in a Salmon Hatchery. , 2005 .

[50]  S. Spear,et al.  Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System , 1999 .

[51]  Enid Mumford,et al.  Advice for an action researcher , 2001, Inf. Technol. People.

[52]  S. Rothenberg.  Knowledge Content and Worker Participation in Environmental Management at Nummi , 2003 .

[53]  Judy McKay,et al.  The dual imperatives of action research , 2001, Inf. Technol. People.

[54]  Sandra Rothenberg,et al.  ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AS A DRIVER OF SUPERIOR QUALITY , 2003 .

[55]  Cathy A. Rusinko,et al.  Green Manufacturing: An Evaluation of Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing Practices and Their Impact on Competitive Outcomes , 2007, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

[56]  Denise Jarratt,et al.  A comparison of two alternative interviewing techniques used within an integrated research design: a case study in outshopping using semi‐structured and non‐directed interviewing techniques , 1996 .

[57]  P. Hines,et al.  Learning to evolve: A review of contemporary lean thinking , 2004 .

[58]  D. Padgett.  Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research: Challenges and Rewards , 1998 .

[59]  F. Pil,et al.  LEAN, GREEN, AND THE QUEST FOR SUPERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE , 2001 .

[60]  Conrad Soltero,et al.  Using Kaizen to Reduce Waste and Prevent Pollution , 2002 .

[61]  Conrad Soltero,et al.  Hoshin kanri for improved environmental performance , 2007 .