ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an integrated Lean assessment program that compels all forms of waste to become visible and obvious. This supports ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 directly and may, in fact, be the only approach that is necessary to meet or exceed the analytical requirements of these standards. The continuous improvement cycle of Isolate, Measure, Assess, Improve, and Standardize (IMAIS) uses the recommended Lean key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify waste proactively and then remove it.
