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Green Productivity: Steps, Tasks and Tools
STEPS TASKS TOOLS
STEP I:
GETTING STARTED
  • Form a GP team
  • Walk through survey and information collection
  • Brainstorming
  • Attribute analysis
  • Needs analysis
  • Responsibility matrix
  • Checklists, tally charts
  • Flowcharts and process flow diagram
  • Material balance
  • Benchmarking

STEP II:
PLANNING

  • Identification of problems and causes
  • Setting objectives and targets
  • Brainstorming
  • Cause and effect analysis (Ishikawa)
  • Critical path analysis
  • Eco-mapping
  • Gantt chart
  • Force field analysis

STEP III:
GENERATION AND EVALUATION OF GP OPTIONS

  • Generation of GP options
  • Screening and evaluation of GP options
  • Preparation of implementation plan
  • Brainstorming
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Eco-mapping
  • Failure made and effect analysis
  • Pareto charts
  • Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)
STEP IV:
IMPLEMENTATION OF GP OPTIONS
  • Implementation of selected options
  • Training, awareness building and developing competence
  • Training need analysis
  • Team briefing
  • Responsibility matrix
  • Critical path analysis
  • Gantt chart
  • Spider web diagrams
STEP V:
MONITORING AND REVIEW
  • Monitoring and evaluation of results
  • Management review
  • Solution effect analysis
  • Eco-mapping
  • Failure mode and effect and analysis
  • Charts (control, tally, etc.) / spider-web diagram
STEP VI:
SUSTAINING GP
  • Incorporate changes
  • Identify new/additional problem areas for continuous improvement
  • The tools are repeated here, since the activities are looped back to the previous steps

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