International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
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Volume 1
Lean management in universities: a systematic literature review
Diana-Lucía Gómez-Molina, José Moyano-FuentesImplementing lean management (LM) provides universities with a variety of benefits and utilities. The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the existing…
Lean healthcare implications in an occupational medicine clinic
Ítalo José Andrade Rocha, Cleiton Rodrigues de VasconcelosThe increase in demand for health services requires companies in the segment to seek management tools and techniques that focus on reducing waste such as waiting…
Lean waste assessment in a laboratory for training chemical analysts for the pharmaceutical industry
Cláudia C.E. Muiambo, Isabel M. Joao, Helena V.G. NavasThe purpose of this paper is to make a lean assessment of a chemical analyst training laboratory in a higher education institution and identify the main types of waste on…
How to build a quality management climate in a small to medium enterprise. An action research project
Desmond Bishop, Kingsley ReevesThe purpose of this paper is to share the successful lean implementation experience of a small to medium enterprise (SME) and the resultant performance improvement…
The application of Lean Six Sigma and supply chain resilience in maritime industry during the era of COVID-19
Yugowati Praharsi, Mohammad Abu Jami’in, Gaguk Suhardjito, Hui Ming WeeThis study aims to apply a Lean Six Sigma framework to support continuous improvement in the maritime industry (shipbuilding, logistics services and shipping companies…
Top management commitment and lean team members’ prosocial voice behaviour
Mohammad Abdul Latif, Jan VangTop management commitment (TMC) and prosocial voice behaviour in Lean teams are vital for the successful Lean implementation. This study aims to investigate how TMC…
Role of Lean Six Sigma in the Indian MSMEs during COVID-19
Mrigendra Nath Mishra, Ashutosh Mohan, Arghya SarkarThe purpose of this study is to explore the advantages and obstacles of implementing Lean Six Sigma in Indian MSMEs during or post-COVID-19. The following research also…
The impact of lean manufacturing practices on operational and business performances at SMES in the wooden furniture industry
Aries Susanty, Ling Sri Sumiyati, Syaiful Syaiful, Zahrotun NihlahFirst, this study aims to examine the level of implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) practices by the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wooden…
Celebrating a decade of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma – a bibliometric analysis to uncover the “as is” and “to be” states
Praveen Puram, Anand GurumurthyInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma (IJLSS) has completed a decade. To celebrate the same, this study aims to review the articles published in IJLSS from its inception…
An Analysis of hospital characteristics on lean and service quality
Assadej VanichchinchaiThe purpose of this research is to explore the differences across hospital characteristics (i.e. lean maturity, hospital size, hospital type and ISO 9001) on lean…
Sustainability excellence: the interactions of lean production, internal green practices and green product innovation
Ebenezer Afum, Ran Zhang, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Zhuo SunThis study aims to investigate the interactions between lean production, internal green practices, green product innovation and sustainable performance metrics. The study…
Impact of lean six sigma at pharmacy unit on hospital profitability before and during Covid-19 pandemic
A. Heri IswantoThe purpose of this paper is to compare the impact of lean six sigma (LSS) implementation carried out in a pharmaceutical unit on the profitability of outpatient and…
The Lean principle respect for people as respect for craftsmanship
Mia Ljungblom, Thomas Taro LennerforsThe purpose of this paper is to reach a deeper understanding of the Lean principle of respect for people (RFP to facilitate Lean implementation in Western organizations…
Six sigma in health-care service: a case study on COVID 19 patients’ satisfaction
Kaja Bantha Navas Raja Mohamed, Palaninatha Raja M., SharmilaParveen S., John Rajan A., Ranjitham AndersonThe purpose of this paper is to determine the major influencing factors for the COVID 19 patients’ satisfaction with a six sigma framework model and to explore the…
Future research methodologies of lean manufacturing: a systematic literature review
Evangelos PsomasA rich agenda for future research in the field of Lean Manufacturing (LM) is available in the academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine the LM future…
A fuzzy maturity-based method for lean supply chain management assessment
Gabriela Pereira Soares, Guilherme Tortorella, Marina Bouzon, Madjid TavanaThis study aims to propose a method for measuring lean supply chain management (LSCM) maturity based on the main lean practices and existing waste of a supply chain.
Investigation and modeling of lean six sigma barriers in small and medium-sized industries using hybrid ISM-SEM approach
Mahipal Singh, Rajeev RathiLean six sigma (LSS) has attained a prominent position in mature organizations but small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling in the proper implementation…
A systematic literature review (SLR) comparing Japanese Lean philosophy and the South African Ubuntu philosophy
Mia Mangaroo-Pillay, Rojanette CoetzeeThe purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of Japanese Lean management principles in South African contexts using Ubuntu, to improve buy-in during Lean…
Impact of lean manufacturing: evidence from apparel industry in Bangladesh
Abul Bashar, Ahsan Akhtar Hasin, Ziaul Haq AdnanMany research findings demonstrate the benefits of lean manufacturing implementation. However, the impact of lean manufacturing on organizational performance in developing…
Lean Six Sigma as an organizational resilience mechanism in health care during the era of COVID-19
Gaganpreet Singh Hundal, Senthilkumar Thiyagarajan, Manal Alduraibi, Chad Matthew Laux, Sandra L. Furterer, Elizabeth A. Cudney, Jiju AntonyThe purpose of this study was to investigate how Lean Six Sigma (LSS) may help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 within health care environments. The goals of this study…
Detecting faking responses during empirical research: a study in a developing country environment
Godson A. Tetteh, Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah, Amoako KwartengSeveral research studies on Lean Six Sigma (LSS) have been done using the survey methodology. However, the use of surveys often relies on the measurement of variables…
Challenges and action plans in construction sector owing to COVID-19 pandemic – a case in Indonesia real estates
Elia Oey, Jason LimAll industry has been facing tremendous pressure since the beginning of 2020 owing to COVID-19 crisis, including real estate construction. The research is a case study…
Lean thinking in service digital transformation
Jorge Julião, Marcelo Calvete GasparThe COVID-19 pandemic situation has imposed changes in the way many services are being provided. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of lean thinking and…
Product-service system leanness assessment model: study of a UK manufacturing company
Moustafa Elnadi, Essam ShehabNumerous leanness assessment models were developed for both manufacturing and service sectors. However, little research effort was made to provide an instrument that can…
Modern divulge in production optimization: an implementation framework of LARG manufacturing with Industry 4.0
Muhammad Saad Amjad, Muhammad Zeeshan Rafique, Mohammad Aamir KhanIn the modern manufacturing environment, it is imperative to apply the manufacturing concepts of lean, agile, resilient and green, collectively known as LARG…
Critical success factors of Lean Six Sigma from leaders’ perspective
Mohammad Alnadi, Patrick McLaughlinThis paper aims to provide a synthesis of the results of the previous literature on leadership behaviours that enable successful Lean Six Sigma implementation.
Implementation of lean in IT SME company: an Italian case
Marco Torri, Kaustav Kundu, Stefano Frecassetti, Matteo RossiniIn spite of huge advancement of Lean in the manufacturing sector, its advantage in the service sector is not fully investigated. The purpose of this paper is to cover this…
A leadership maturity model for implementing Six Sigma in academic institutions – using case studies to build theory
Stephen Graham Anthony, Jiju AntonyThe purpose of this paper is to present a maturity model for academic leadership teams to benchmark their ability to deliver a culture of continuous improvement through…
A multicase study approach in Indian manufacturing SMEs to investigate the effect of Lean manufacturing practices on sustainability performance
Sajan M.P., Shalij P.R.The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the adoption of Lean manufacturing (LM) contributes towards the sustainability performance of small and medium-sized…
Competitive advantage through Six Sigma in sand casting industry to improve overall first-pass yield: a case study of SSE
Mihir Solanki, Darshak DesaiThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate how Six Sigma methodology has been applied in a small-scale foundry industry to improve the overall first-pass material yield…
Six sigma project prioritization and selection: a multi-criteria decision making approach in healthcare industry
Fatma Pakdil, Pelin Toktaş, Gülin Feryal CanThe purpose of this study is to develop a methodology in which alternate Six Sigma projects are prioritized and selected using appropriate multi-criteria decision-making…
Analysis of the relationship between barriers and practices in the lean supply chain management
Satie Ledoux Takeda-Berger, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Carlos Manuel Taboada Rodriguez, Enzo Morosini Frazzon, Tamie Takeda Yokoyama, Marco Aurélio de OliveiraThe purpose of this paper is to classify the main barriers related to the implementation of lean supply chain management (LSCM) and prioritize its main practices. A case…
Interdependency analysis of lean manufacturing practices in case of Bulgarian SMEs: interpretive structural modelling and interpretive ranking modelling approach
Sarita Prasad, Milen Baltov, Neelakanteswara Rao A., Krishnanand LankaThe paper aims to analyse the contextual relationship and dependency amongst enablers for lean manufacturing implementation in Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Critical review of literature on Lean Six Sigma methodology
Anand S. Patel, Kaushik M. PatelThis paper aims to develop an initial understanding of the Lean Six Sigma methodology since its inception and examine the few Lean Six Sigma dimensions as a research…
A visual and rhetorical perspective on management control systems
Carina Söderlund, Magnus HanssonThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role and function of visuals, visual communication and information design as they relate to management control systems and…
Productivity increase in a large size slaughterhouse: a simulation approach applying lean manufacturing
Carlos Coutinho Fernandes Junior, Leonel Teixeira PintoThe main purpose of this paper is to develop a study of the determination of the most appropriate execution steps, necessary for the construction of modelling, simulation…
Lean manufacturing alignment with respect to performance metrics multinational corporations case study
Raed El-KhalilThe purpose of this paper is to investigate lean tools correlation, interactions and implementation in manufacturing industry at multinational corporation and its impact…
Identify critical success factors to implement integrated green and Lean Six Sigma
Mrigendra Nath MishraThe purpose of this paper is analysis of Green and Lean Six Sigma, based on the success factors in its use through a well thought-out literature review, is being planned;…
ISSN:
2040-4166Online date, start – end:
2010Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof. Jiju Antony
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