International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
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Lean Six Sigma, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal auditing
Hamideh Asnaashari, Fatemeh KhodabandehlouIn light of the recent changes in the internal audit (IA) landscape, the role of auditors has undergone a significant transformation. This paper aims to investigate the effects of…
Value stream mapping application for construction industry loss and waste reduction: a systematic literature review
Maria Luiza de Souza Morato, Karine Araujo FerreiraThe pupose of this study is to systematically review the current literature on the value stream mapping (VSM) application in the construction industry to investigate the evolution…
Selection of Industry 4.0 technologies for Lean Six Sigma integration using fuzzy DEMATEL approach
Arish Ibrahim, Gulshan KumarThis study aims to explore the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies with lean six sigma practices in the manufacturing sector for enhanced process improvement.
Influencing factors of Six Sigma management in the construction of students mental health service system in the post-COVID-19 era
Hao Wang, Yunna LiuThis study aims to construct a mental health service system for middle school students in the post-COVID-19 era with the framework of Six Sigma DMAIC (define, measure, analyze…
Lean production, green supply chain management and environmental performance: a configurational perspective based on the Portuguese context
Graça Miranda Silva, Paulo Jorge GomesOrganizations are faced with increasing pressure to engage in sustainable development. There is an ongoing discussion on how to incorporate green thinking into lean management…
The use of virtual reality as e-training tool for dies’ changeover in stamping presses: a case study on automotive industry
Jorge Mendes Monteiro, Diamantino Torres, Ana Luísa Ramos, Carina PimentelThis study aims to research the usage of virtual reality as a tool to train employees in a changeover process in a company, and if it guarantees the same level of quality…
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?
Fatma Lehyani, Alaeddine Zouari, Ahmed Ghorbel, Michel TollenaereCompanies should enhance their market position and competitiveness by improving staff effectiveness, skills, resource commitment, and applying relevant managerial methods. This…
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case
Evangelos Psomas, Cleopatra DeliouFood manufacturing companies which are essential for national economies, need to attach importance to the adoption of both the lean manufacturing (LM) operational excellence…
Impact of lean management on work safety and operational excellence within Tunisian companies
Ibtissem Alguirat, Fatma Lehyani, Alaeddine ZouariLean management tools are becoming increasingly applied in different types of organizations around the world. These tools have shown their significant contribution to improving…
Agile DMAIC cycle: incorporating process mining and support decision
Renan Ribeiro Do Prado, Pedro Antonio Boareto, Joceir Chaves, Eduardo Alves Portela SantosThe aim of this paper is to explore the possibility of using the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) cycle, process mining (PM) and multi-criteria decision methods in…
Why do process improvement projects fail in organizations? A review and future research agenda
Mariam Bader, Jiju Antony, Raja Jayaraman, Vikas Swarnakar, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Maher Maalouf, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Kevin LindermanThe purpose of this study is to examine the critical failure factors (CFFs) linked to various types of process improvement (PI) projects such as Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six…
Promoting shared leadership in Lean Six Sigma project teams: toward a three-way interaction model
Qiong Wu, Qiwei Zhou, Kathryn CormicanShared leadership is an effective mechanism for managing project teams. Its performance-enhancing benefits have been demonstrated in many studies. Nonetheless, there is an obvious…
Industry 4.0 and Lean Manufacturing – a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature and key recommendations for future research
Sameh M. Saad, Ramin Bahadori, Chandan Bhovar, Hongwei ZhangThis paper aims to analyse the current state of research to identify the link between Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies to map out different research themes…
The HyDAPI framework: a versatile tool integrating Lean Six Sigma and digitalisation for improved quality management in Industry 4.0
Rose Clancy, Ken Bruton, Dominic T.J. O’Sullivan, Aidan J. CloonanQuality management practitioners have yet to cease the potential of digitalisation. Furthermore, there is a lack of tools such as frameworks guiding practitioners in the digital…
Fostering insights and improvements from IIoT systems at the shop floor: a case of industry 4.0 and lean complementarity enabled by action learning
Henrik Saabye, Daryl John PowellThis paper aims to investigate how manufacturers can foster insights and improvements from real-time data among shop-floor workers by developing organisational “learning-to-learn”…
Lean six sigma through an Australasian lens: project definition, structure and practices
Achinthya Dharani Perera Halnetti, Nihal Jayamaha, Nigel Peter Grigg, Mark TunnicliffeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how successful lean six sigma (LSS) manifests in the Australasian (Australian and New Zealand) context relative to the context in the…
A comparative analysis of green-lean-six sigma enablers and environmental outcomes: a natural resource-based view
Amna Farrukh, Sanjay Mathrani, Aymen SajjadDespite differing strategies towards environmental sustainability in developed and developing nations, the manufacturing sector in these regional domains faces substantial…
An integrated lean and ISO 14001 framework for environmental performance: an assessment of New Zealand meat industry
Aqeel Ahmed, Sanjay Mathrani, Nihal JayamahaThe aim of this paper is to explore the implementation of an integrated lean and ISO 14001 approach in meat industry for environmental performance and examine a proposed…
Towards the development of a system-wide quality improvement maturity model: a synthesis using systematic review and expert opinion
Adeel Akmal, Nataliya Podgorodnichenko, Richard Greatbanks, Jeff Foote, Tim Stokes, Robin GauldThe various quality improvement (QI) frameworks and maturity models described in the health services literature consider some aspects of QI while excluding others. This paper aims…
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