International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 4 Issue 1

Selection of Lean and Six Sigma projects in industry

Bernard Kornfeld, Sami Kara

Although there is a considerable body of literature regarding the selection of improvement projects, little of it reveals what actually occurs in industry. To answer this question…

Measuring and building lean thinking for value creation in supply chains

Rania A.M. Shamah

This study aims to develop a standardised instrument to measure the impact of lean thinking on supply chain value. This tool can be used to examine supply chain readiness and thus…

Integrating Six Sigma with ISO 9001

Pedro Marques, José Requeijo, Pedro Saraiva, Francisco Frazão‐Guerreiro

By exploiting the relationships between Six Sigma and quality management systems (QMS) based on the ISO 9001 standard, this paper proposes a set of guidelines to combine and…

Critical success factors of Lean Six Sigma for the Malaysian automotive industry

Nurul Fadly Habidin, Sha'ri Mohd Yusof

The objective of this paper is to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) for Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the Malaysian automotive industry.

A single‐source content management system for lean manufacturing

Eric Singer, Kurt Becker

This paper aims to present a systematic method to implement a single‐source content management system for optimized data flow for standardized documentation and reporting. A…