Citation
(2006), "Second International Conference on Six Sigma", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm.2006.04023aaa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Second International Conference on Six Sigma
Second International Conference on Six SigmaIntegrating Six Sigma and Lean Strategies to Achieve and Enhance Competitive Advantage
5-7 June 2006, Glasgow, Scotland
Organised by Dr Jiju Antony, DirectorCenter for Research in Six Sigma and Process Improvement (CRISSPI), Caledonian Business School, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK. E-mail: Jantony@gcal.ac.uk Web site: www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=62
Lean Six Sigma is an integrated approach of two powerful and complimentary business strategies; Lean Production and Six Sigma. The purpose of this integrated approach is to achieve a dramatic impact on an organisation's ability to do the things right first time, leading to higher quality and reliability, higher productivity, faster delivery and lower costs.
With an exciting theme for the upcoming conference, I would like to invite papers for the following sub-themes:
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Six Sigma for panufacturing processes.
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Six Sigma for service processes.
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Six Sigma for transactional processes.
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Lean for service and transactional processes.
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Lean Sigma applications in service, manufacturing and transactional environments.
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Six Sigma for SMEs.
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Lean strategy for SMEs.
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Application of Six Sigma tools/techniques for problem solving.
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Application of lean production tools/techniques for problem solving.
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Six Sigma and its link to other quality initiatives (such as ISO9001:2000, Continuous Improvement initiatives such as kaizen).
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Role of leadership for Six Sigma.
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Design for Six Sigma/Lean Sigma
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Six Sigma in software business.
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Six Sigma in supply chain.
Paper submission
The basis for acceptance of papers is that they are relevant and make a contribution to the current literature of Six Sigma, lean production strategy, Lean Six Sigma, quality engineering, quality management, etc. Authors are invited to submit an abstract of 300 words or less to the scientific co-ordinators. All conference abstracts will be double-blind reviewed by the members of a technical committee to ensure their academic rigour, practical significance to industrial arena and value to existing literature.
See www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=62#03 for more details.
Deadline for submission of abstract: 4 November 2005