Business Sustainability: Keeping Lean but With More Green for the Company's Long Haul

Sustainability is now sweeping through profit and non-profit businesses throughout the world.  This course clearly shows you how to harness the power of sustainability to give your company a huge competitive edge – attracting and retaining the best employees, the best customers, and the best suppliers, while reducing financial risk and lowering the cost of capital. Learn how sustainability creates a new and eye-opening understanding of waste and prioritizes the many waste–reduction opportunities.  Gain a practical, real-world grasp of the “triple bottom line” which is the basis for decision-making in a sustainable company. See how sustainable thinking and related tools and techniques can be used to transform your operations.

Objectives:

• Identify and eliminate waste from processes throughout the company
• Capitalize on strategic and tactical opportunities for your company
• Improve managerial accounting policies and procedures
• Transform your company’s use of lean throughout its operations
• Focus on increasing value to customer and improving the value stream

Prerequisite: Management responsibility in finance, operations, or planning