Many organizations that have won the Baldrige or European Quality Award are also members of the United Nations Global Compact and, as such, submit an annual “Communication on Progress” (COP). These...

Many organizations that have won the Baldrige or European Quality Award are also members of the United Nations Global Compact and, as such, submit an annual “Communication on Progress” (COP). These COPs and annual sustainability reports are readily available online for most such companies. Search online and synthesize the UNGC COP and annual sustainability reports of three or more leading organizations in relation to the lean enterprise concepts muda, muri, and mura. Discuss your syntheses and their operations and supply chain management implications.