Implementation of Sustainable Lean Practices in Preventive Maintenance through Root Cause Analysis
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Corporate Finance | Industrial Engineering | Other Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Abstract (300 words maximum)
The increasing demand for green, economically efficient, and environmentally and socially sustainable resources has imposed an essential need to limit the consumption of petrochemical-based reserves and substitute them with renewable ones. Systems approach, as one of the first attempts at sustainable development, aims to minimize an organization’s adverse environmental and social impact while maximizing its systems’ economic output. As such, the integration of green concept that aims to eliminate environmental waste combined with lean notion that strives to reduce non-value adding waste provides a potential approach to collectively improve environmental, economic and even social performance of organizations through the so-called Triple Bottom Line (TBL) strategies. Our objective in this research is focused on implementing a conceptual model targeting the three pillars of sustainability by applying the Lean-Green-Sustainable (LGS) tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and 6R. Data was collected from a major manufacturing corporation in the appliances industry; then organized and vetted based on their relevance to the LGS tools. Results show a strong correlation between the economic impact of the TBL and TPM, with an aggregate annual savings of $37,170 in labor costs and 190 hours saved in non-value-added time. Similarly, environmental and social factors had an impact with empowering workers and lowering environmental waste. As such, the LGS practices such as 6R, Poka-Yoke, and TPM contributed towards environmental sustainability while 5S, Standard Work (SM), and Visual Management (VM) contributed towards economic and social sustainability to collectively facilitate the company’s goal of achieving the Triple Bottom Line.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
SPCEET - Industrial and Systems Engineering
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Parisa Pooyan
Abstract of Paper
Implementation of Sustainable Lean Practices in Preventive Maintenance through Root Cause Analysis
The increasing demand for green, economically efficient, and environmentally and socially sustainable resources has imposed an essential need to limit the consumption of petrochemical-based reserves and substitute them with renewable ones. Systems approach, as one of the first attempts at sustainable development, aims to minimize an organization’s adverse environmental and social impact while maximizing its systems’ economic output. As such, the integration of green concept that aims to eliminate environmental waste combined with lean notion that strives to reduce non-value adding waste provides a potential approach to collectively improve environmental, economic and even social performance of organizations through the so-called Triple Bottom Line (TBL) strategies. Our objective in this research is focused on implementing a conceptual model targeting the three pillars of sustainability by applying the Lean-Green-Sustainable (LGS) tools such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and 6R. Data was collected from a major manufacturing corporation in the appliances industry; then organized and vetted based on their relevance to the LGS tools. Results show a strong correlation between the economic impact of the TBL and TPM, with an aggregate annual savings of $37,170 in labor costs and 190 hours saved in non-value-added time. Similarly, environmental and social factors had an impact with empowering workers and lowering environmental waste. As such, the LGS practices such as 6R, Poka-Yoke, and TPM contributed towards environmental sustainability while 5S, Standard Work (SM), and Visual Management (VM) contributed towards economic and social sustainability to collectively facilitate the company’s goal of achieving the Triple Bottom Line.