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Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework

Mahender Singh Kaswan (Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India)
Rajeev Rathi (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India)
Jennifer Cross (Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA)
Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes (Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, The University of Derby, Derby, UK) (Department of Management Studies, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India)
Jiju Antony (Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Vishwas Yadav (Department of Mechanical Engineering, BRCM-CET, Bahal, India)

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

ISSN: 1741-038X

Article publication date: 21 December 2022

Issue publication date: 17 January 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This research aims to propose a framework to integrate Green Lean Six Sigma (GLSS) and Industry 4.0 to improve organizational sustainability.

Design/methodology/approach

The integration of GLSS and Industry 4.0 is proposed based on theoretical facets of the individual approaches. A generic, conceptual framework of an integrated GLSS-Industry 4.0 approach is then proposed using the application of different tools and techniques of GLSS and Industry 4.0 at different stages of the realization of a project.

Findings

Both approaches have common facets related to enablers and barriers, and the integrated application of tools and techniques of each approach supplements the common focus of both related to sustainability enhancement. The proposed, conceptual framework provides systematic guidelines from the project selection stage to the sustainment of the solution, with the enumerated application of different techniques and tools at each step of the framework.

Originality/value

This research is the first of its kind to propose the integration of GLSS and Industry 4.0 under the umbrella of a unified approach, including a conceptual framework of this integrated GLSS-Industry 4.0 approach.

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Citation

Kaswan, M.S., Rathi, R., Cross, J., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Antony, J. and Yadav, V. (2023), "Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 87-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-03-2022-0115

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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