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The Lean and Energy Toolkit
Acknowledgments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is grateful for the invaluable assistance of the organizations and individuals who helped develop this toolkit and shared experiences, tools, and techniques for integrating Lean manufacturing and energy management efforts.
EPA’s Lean and energy partners include Baxter International, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), Eastman Kodak Corporation, Eaton Corporation, General Electric (GE), HNI Corporation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), and the U.S. Department of Energy. The EPA’s National Center for Environmental Innovation and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics participated in the development of this toolkit.
In addition to these organizational partners, this toolkit has benefited from the collective expertise and ideas of many individuals. In particular, EPA would like to thank the following individuals for their thoughtful contributions:
- Susan Boone, Lean Six Sigma Trainer, GE Infrastructure
- James Breeze, Energy Engineer/Project Leader, Worldwide Energy Office, Eastman Kodak Company
- Jenni Cawein, Corporate Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Engineering
Manager, Baxter International
- Gerald Church, Director of Energy Services, CMTC
- Rob Currie, Director, Corporate EHS Engineering, Baxter International
- Gretchen Hancock, Project Manager, GE Corporate Environmental Programs
- Ernie Kulik, Corporate EHS, Eaton Corporation
- Scott Lesnet, Member EHS Manager, HNI Corporation
- Kirk Prather, Operations Manager Energy Services, CMTC
- Douglas W. Prihar, Management Assistance Partnership Project Director,
Nevada System of Higher Education
- Randy Shultz, Facilities and EHS Manager, Eaton Truck, Shenandoah,
Iowa
- Scott Summers, Director and Vice President, EHS, Film Products Group,
Eastman Kodak Company
- Carroll Thomas, Partnership Catalyst, NIST MEP
- Joe Wolfsberger, Vice President of Corporate EHS, Eaton Corporation
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in association with Industrial Economics, Inc. (EPA Contract # EP-W-04-023).