Education

The Saint Louis University Consortium for Supply Chain Management Studies: The Consortium has been established to train and educate the users of the various tools of the supply chain activities. http://www.slu.edu/x14527.xml

LEAN AND GREEN UPDATE

Lean Toolkit

Did you know that the U.S. EPA offers a lean toolkit that addresses lean thinking in green initiatives? And it's VERY useful! You can save your company valuable resources with little effort. Check it out. www.epa.gov/lean/toolkit/

NEW: Lean and Green Newsletter

Former Industry Week's New Media Editor, Tonya Vinas, will publish a new, complimentary e-newsletter aimed at the emerging "Lean and Green" movement. Subscribe today and don't miss the first issue. www.leanandgreennews.com

Answer to PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS CORNER
D - Process benchmarking refers to the search for organizations that perform the "best" in a particular area, and the examination of their processes for the purpose of emulating them. Before initiating process benchmarking, a number of questions need to be answered. These include: "Is the organization willing to make a major change? (Option A); "Is the expected improvement worth the expenditure? (Option B); "Are the results important to the organization, (Option C). The issue of whether the organization keeps the information secret is not of particular concern within process benchmarking.