Process Improvements to reduce carbon emissions-A Green Lean Six Sigma Approach
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Quality and operations management (MPQOM), MSc
Publicerad
2022
Författare
Navaneet, Subbaram
Raghul, Subramanian
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In the current situation, carbon emissions are significantly contributing to climate
change by trapping heat in the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels and
producing non-sustainable goods. Because of this, it is important to cut carbon
emissions by minimizing waste and finding sustainable ways to distribute goods to
clients. Reducing emissions also results in greener earth, more drought resilience,
less climate change, and a safer environment. By doing away with waste in its
operations and creating environmentally friendly ways to deliver its products to
clients, the company studied in this thesis hopes to cut its transportation-related
emissions by half by the year 2030.
As a result, the goal of this thesis is to enhance the processes by lowering carbon
emissions utilizing the green lean six sigma approaches. Understanding the process
variations of late materials, 90-Kits, and poor quality which lead to a substantial
quantity of carbon emissions in its operations is the focus of this master’s thesis. The
authors apply a six-sigma methodology using a multi-phase DMAIC technique to
pinpoint the bottlenecks that are responsible for process deviations such as delayed
material, 90-Kits, and poor quality.
It became clear that the forecasting and sourcing processes were important contributors
to the process variations and rising emissions. To decrease process waste
and improve accuracy and dependability, forecasting and sourcing models are also
integrated. Additionally, a KPI dashboard was created to track the development of
various KPIs, which is important for enhancing process performance and reducing or
eliminating process variation by taking the appropriate steps when necessary. The
final limitation of this study is that because the thesis is restricted to a single area
of the supply chain, some of the conclusions cannot be generalized. As a next step
to continue the thesis work, suggestions for future projects have also been offered.
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Process Improvements , Green lean six sigma , Forecasting methods , KPI dashboard , Carbon emissions , Material tracking