iSPRING'S APPROACH
iSpring brings solid project management skills to each sustainability challenge. We do the data collection, the gap analysis, the research looking for new ideas, the cost/benefit analysis, the prioritizing and the planning for implementation. But we think there are some unique aspects to our approach that deliver better results.
A Fresh Perspective
iSpring looks at sustainability projects from a variety of perspectives.
- The Systems View - By looking at the totality of the organization, iSpring can identify solutions that maximize effectiveness across multiple systems. Too often, companies become “silo”-ed, compartmentalized and blind to how their actions affect other parts of the company. Problem-solving based on these silos leads to what we call the “whack-a-mole” effect – fix one problem here and another pops up as result over there. Saving water in one department is ineffective if it drives up labor costs in another. A holistic view of the organism permits iSpring to identify cross-functional opportunities for improvement that are missed otherwise.
- The Innovation View – Sometimes the best place to start is with a blank sheet of paper. We’re not afraid to try that. And since we haven’t been involved in running your operation for 20 years, we may be willing to ask those pesky “Why don’t you do it this way?” questions that have been overlooked, or that no one thought to ask. And since we’re looking from a systems perspective, we might discover that if you combine “X” process over there with “Y” process over here, you get a much more sustainable and cost effective process “Z”.
- The Design View – In most of our project work, we don’t believe there’s only one good answer. In fact, we think an iterative process produces serially improved solutions. So we won’t always be content with the first answer we get. We’ll test and probe and prod and see how we can improve on that. In the end, we think you’ll end up with a better solution.
The Right Skills
Different challenges require different skills. At iSpring, we have the ability to build the best team to tackle your sustainability challenges by engaging the appropriate partners and tapping into our strategic alliances.
In addition to our network of experienced and highly qualified sustainability experts and engineers, we have the unique opportunity to partner with the Enterprise Systems Center, part of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Lehigh University. Through their industry mentor program, we can engage the best and brightest graduate and undergraduate students from across all the University disciplines, as project team members. These are the same students who’ll be heavily courted by industry in just a few months. But in exchange for the industry experience and mentoring that we can provide them, we can engage their services at rates that offer you a highly attractive project cost.
The Latest Research and Developments
We know you’re busy running your business, which doesn’t leave much time to keep up to date on the latest research and developments in the sustainability field. That’s our job. And it’s supplemented by our connections to Lehigh University faculty and students who also pursue research in cutting edge technologies. All that input works together to give you access to some of the best solutions out there.
Why Work With iSpring
We sometimes get the question, "Can't we do this ourselves?" The answer is simple–of course you can. You can read the books, take the classes, draw the process maps, evaluate your facilities and analyze your operations. You don’t need us to do it. But don’t forget–you also have to run your business. So of course you can do this on your own, but perhaps a better question might be, "If we can do this on our own, why haven't we?"