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Adapting Lean to Drive Sustainability into the Supply Chain
Russell Snyder
Abstract
This session equips participants with the skills to apply Lean principles for sustainable waste reduction in the supply chain. Attendees will learn to calculate the impacts of waste reduction and treat Green House Gases (GHG) as a waste of natural resources.
Key Learning Objectives:
GHG calculations for products in the supply chain.
Identifying primary supply chain wastes.
Mitigating customer-driven overprocessing.
Case studies on successful energy and waste reduction.
Context & Strategy
Corporate Responsibility Reports show that Scope 3 emissions (supply chain) account for 50% to 90% of a company’s total emissions. While not mandated by the SEC, corporations use these metrics to drive down supplier emissions.
Our fully outsourced operation utilized Lean to reduce operations and transit events. We measured project success not just in cost or time, but also in kWh and metric tons of CO2 to specifically target Scope 3 reductions.
Primary Waste Focus Areas:
Transportation: With electronics manufacturing concentrated in Asia (Taiwan, China, Korea), transportation is a major GHG contributor. We will review strategies to reduce this waste.
Overprocessing: Customers often over-specify manufacturing methods, negating outsourcing efficiencies. We successfully reduced processing, testing, and inspection times by relaxing specifications and relying on supplier expertise.
Overproduction: The industry priority of "never miss a shipment" has led to record-high post-pandemic inventories. I will recommend inventory strategies to reduce this excess.
Product Design: We will examine how shrinking form factors and delayed differentiation can improve equipment utilization and lower GHG contributions.
All project gains will be calculated based on time savings and Scope 3 GHG reductions.
Speaker Bio
Russ Snyder retired as a Senior Director at the Intel Corporation managing Supply Chain Operations in 2023. Russ is currently the Principal of 6 Sigma Supply Chain, a consultancy for applying Lean into the supply chain for efficiency, resilience and sustainability. Russ is a Registered Professional Engineer, MBA, and Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt. Russ is a frequent speaker at conferences on topics ranging from Risk Taking to Supply Chain Resilience. Russ won the 2020 Supply Chain Lean Excellence Award from the USC Marshall School of Business. Russ is the Chair Elect for the Electronics and Communications division in the American Society for Quality. He has most recently been featured in executive roundtable discussions for sustainability in the supply chain. Russ is giving back to academia by joining the Oregon State Supply Chain Council and speaking to MBA classes on quality, culture, operations, and supply chain.
Russ managed the wireless operation and supply chain at Intel during the pandemic. His business unit significantly outperformed others in the company by doubling volumes over the 2 years of the pandemic. His success during the pandemic was based on his vigilance to design a resilient supply chain before the pandemic struck. He continues to be a thought leader on the topic of resilience and supply chain design.