International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 1 Issue 3

Innovation in management system by Six Sigma: an empirical study of world‐class companies

Yudi Azis, Hiroshi Osada

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of Six Sigma as an innovation tool in management system. In this regard, the comprehensive impact of Six Sigma is…

A conceptual framework for critical success factors of lean Six Sigma: Implementation on the performance of electronic manufacturing service industry

K. Jeyaraman, Leam Kee Teo

The objective of this paper is to analyze the critical success factors (CSFs) for lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation and its impacts towards company performance in multinational…

Six Sigma: a literature review

B. Tjahjono, P. Ball, V.I. Vitanov, C. Scorzafave, J. Nogueira, J. Calleja, M. Minguet, L. Narasimha, A. Rivas, A. Srivastava, S. Srivastava, A. Yadav

The purpose of the work presented in this paper is to capture the current state of Six Sigma as well as to document the current practices of Six Sigma through a systematic…

Decision support system and the adoption of lean in a Swedish emergency ward: Balancing supply and demand towards improved value stream

Djoko Setijono, Ashkan Mohajeri Naraghi, Uday Pavan Ravipati

Facilitated by a decision support system tool, the purpose of this paper is to find the “best” allocated number of surgeons and medicine doctors that reduce patients'…

The integration of Six Sigma and lean management

Souraj Salah, Abdur Rahim, Juan A. Carretero

Lean and Six Sigma are the two most important continuous improvement (CI) methodologies for achieving operational and service excellence in any organization. The purpose of this…