International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 9 Issue 4

Major barriers in Lean health care: an exploratory study in Uruguay

Matias Escuder, Martin Tanco, Anabella Santoro

This paper aims to outline the barriers in introducing Lean in health care and to asses which of these have a greater impact in the Uruguayan health-care sector.

Empirical analysis of existing lean service frameworks in a developing economy

Shradha Gupta, Monica Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to do the reliability and validity analysis of existing frameworks in lean services through questionnaire survey. Furthermore, it explores the…

Selecting Six Sigma project: a comparative study of DEA and LDA techniques

A. Hadi-Vencheh, A. Yousefi

Nowadays, most of the organizations have focused through the world on Six Sigma to reduce the costs, improve the productivity and enhance concerned individuals’ satisfaction…

Exploring Lean Six Sigma implementation barriers in Information Technology industry

Mohd Adeel Shamsi, Aftab Alam

The purpose of this paper is to present critical barriers and obstacles faced by Information Technology (IT) industry in the implementation of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as the business…

CSFs for Six Sigma in service and manufacturing companies: an insight on literature

Sonali Udeeka Pathiratne, Ali Khatibi, Md Gapar Md Johar

This paper aims to identify and review the critical success factors (CSFs) for successful Six Sigma implementation in service and manufacturing companies given in published…

Application of Six Sigma DMAIC methodology in plain yogurt production process

Saeid Hakimi, Seyed Mojib Zahraee, Jafri Mohd Rohani

This study aims to concentrate on quality improvement in plain yogurt production process at company A through adjusting the factors affecting the acidity of the yogurt and…