Taking Energy Management and Sustainability Into Your Own Hands

As many industrial companies can attest, energy and sustainability initiatives can be time- and resource-consuming, even when well-planned and executed. But when you consider the frequency and depth of cultural and executive disconnect around processes and goals that some companies experience, it can be the operational equivalent of running in place.

This week's roundup aims to help you maximize your efforts in these and other performance improvement areas through some of our latest (and upcoming) resources.

Driving Productivity and Profit with Industrial Energy Management [WEBINAR]

Event Date: May 22, 2014 @ 12p.m. EST

Join the LNS Research Team and Environmental Leader for this one-hour live webinar focusing on energy management in manufacturing. Benchmark research collected from 200+ industrial companies will highlight key leadership, business process, and technological capabilities for Industrial Energy Management. Attendees will learn best practices on the following:

• Connecting the procurement of energy with the point of use in manufacturing to drive efficiency gains and better buying decisions 
• Analyzing the use of energy in manufacturing to drive both energy and manufacturing efficiency 
• Driving cultural change across the organization to become energy aware 
• Using energy in preventive and predictive maintenance 
• Managing a portfolio of energy projects to drive the most business value 
• Using the right business process, standards, and change management to ensure continuous improvement gains are sustained 
• Technology strategies for connecting energy intelligence into manufacturing 

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How to Improve Supply Chain Sustainability

Nearly 30% of operations executives surveyed said their company has a documented supply chain sustainability strategy. But when managers and lower role levels at the same company were asked, only 17% agreed with that statement. What does this mean? Mid-level management does not have the tools needed to drive initiatives in sustainable supply chain solutions. This article discusses the results of this recent PwC survey--the disconnect between C-suite and mid-level management, and the major barriers with sustainable supply chain strategies. Read more.

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2014 World Conference on Quality and Improvement

This annual ASQ event offers a forum of ideas, bringing together an international network of thought leaders, experts, and peers who are eager to share quality best practices, tested solutions, and proven results. This year the event took place in Dallas beginning on May 5, and members of the LNS Research team were in attendance. Conference attendees heard quality management stories from leading companies such as GM, Xerox, Lockheed Martin, DuPont, Booz Allen Hamilton, and more.

The A View from the Q blog provides an overview of the events held each day:

• Day 1 of ASQ World Conference: The Tried, True, Innovative and New
• Day 2 of ASQ World Conference: Back to Basics
• Day 3 of ASQ World Conference: Celebrate Quality

Top 4 Challenges Quality Leaders Face and How They’re Solving Them

A recent interactive quality management session hosted by Paul Leavoy and Mehul Shah led to similar findings compared to LNS’s quality survey: companies are still experiencing challenges around identifying and measuring metrics and transforming collected data into actionable results. This article discusses the goals, challenges, and solutions of the event’s attendees as well as correlating feedback. Read more.

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