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eliminating waste is behind a
new project adopted by
NCREASING efficiency and
Customer Establishment (CE).
Manager
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Sean Tierney, CE General
ScottishPower
rinciple that fits well into
, says Lean Sigma is a
ef
processes.
ficiencies and waste in its
ʼs drive to identify
t
Lean team will look at work-
place organisation and roll this
ackle this in two ways. Firstly
Sean said: “We decided to
, a
out using simple initiatives.
Business T
w
“Secondly
projects in some of our major
ransformation,
, in partnership with
we
processes to ensure customer
ill mobilise and deliver Lean
needs are always at the centre
of everything we do.”
The team – Lee MacPherson,
Brown and Celia Dalrymple –
Scott MacAulay
met to look at new ideas and
Broadley, Stephen Blair
, Sharon
, Tess
held workshop sessions to
determine the best approach
and identified three phases:
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to clear waste, including organ
ising a clean-up day
Phase I – Initial tidy and sort
the department threw out more
a71
ued adoption.
than 70 sacks of paper
. As a result,
-
.
at the end of June will focus on
Phase II – Audit and contin
cupboard space and the team
A further clean-up
-
The write
will initiate a process to ensure
Lean is maintained by stream-
lining already-available audit
checklists. Lee McPherson said:
Kids encouraged to pick up books
stuff
YOUNGSTERS across Scotland
“Our Lean checklist incorporates
are being urged to swap their
all areas rolled out to team
energy-guzzling computer games
managers with initial audits
and televisions for books in a bid
and help save the environment
to help save the planet.
including disk space usage, cor
starting in July 2007.”
Read for the Future reading challenge,
Last year’
at
respondence and email volume
a71Phase III – Future initiatives,
Rebekah MacMillan helped launch this
s winner of ScottishPower’s Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow
classmate Kimberley
Auchinairn Primary School in Friends of the Earth Scotland to help to
McKean, Head of Environment at
reduce the amount of CO2 emitted into
and content.
-
will set challenging and visible
to win the challenge, an achievement all
year
Rebekah read an outstanding 53 books
’s event at Edinburgh’s Calton Hill. ScottishPower and Duncan McLaren,
Angelini, 12,
, joined
Alison the atmosphere.”
the more significant because her mum is
chief executive at Friends of the Earth
reviewing possibilities for
targets for reduction.
These initiatives
registered blind and Rebekah had to learn
Scotland in Edinburgh.
August but ScottishPower and Friends of
the Earth Scotland are urging primary
This year’s challenge will kick off in
customer e-mail communication
Scott MacAulay said: “We are
to read from a very young age.
Future is a great way to encourage chil
seven teachers to register now
to reduce paper waste and
helping the environment is important.
dren to think about how they use energy
Alison McKean said: “Read for the
Normally you have to tear me away from
She said: “I love to read and I think and what they can do to protect the envi
- to join forces with ScottishPower to pro
Belt, and his team are working
postage costs.”
books and during the campaign I was
ronment.
mote sustainable energy practices
Duncan McLaren said: “We’re delighted
.
amongst school kids.”
-
closely with CE to guide the
John Barrett, Master Black-
even worse! It was an excellent experi
Lean roll-out. He said: “The aim
ence and I had great fun taking part.”
reading is enjoyable and educational but
“So many activities are dependent on
-
the Earth Scotland are awarding a top
also very environmentally friendly
using – and often wasting – energy three range of prizes for the schools
This year ScottishPower and Friends of
which raise the most money as well as
is to create a centre of excel
lence within CE, while continu
ing to train other Lean facilita
-
year olds across Scotland and will
The reading challenge, sponsored by
-
tors across Energy Retail.”
-
-
coincide with Energy Ef
ScottishPower, is open to all 10 and 11 our customers become more energy
.
, while
individuals who read the most books.
from October 22-28. Rebekah, 12, a pupil
ficiency Week,
aware and as the UK‘s largest onshore
“ScottishPower is committed to helping
wind farm developer
ty’
to work with organisations such as
, we are determined
make their homes more environmentally
Money raised will be used by the chari-
friendly and to campaign for laws that
s Green Homes project to help people
ensure buildings are more energy efficient.
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