International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 14 Issue 1

The significance of employee behaviours and soft management practices to avoid digital waste during a digital transformation

Jamila Alieva, Daryl John Powell

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived effects between soft management practices, employee behaviours and the implementation of digital technologies in…

Green Lean Six Sigma sustainability – oriented project selection and implementation framework for manufacturing industry

Mahender Singh Kaswan, Rajeev Rathi, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Jiju Antony

This paper aims to deal with the selection of the sustainability-oriented Green Lean Six Sigma (GLS) project for the manufacturing industry in the complex decision-making…

Solenoid valves quality improvement based on Six Sigma management

Yafen Liu, Yingxue Ren, Min Zhang, Keke Wei, Lei Hao

The purpose of this study is to present the implementation of Six Sigma in a solenoid valve manufacturing company in China. The project aims to reduce the solenoid valve defects…

Exploratory factor analysis of barriers to lean construction based on Brazilian managers' perceptions

Aline Patricia Mano, Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Ricardo Coser Mergulhão

Lean construction (LC) is an important strategy to improve the results of organizations in the civil construction sector. However, there are barriers that hinder the success of…

Are Industry 4.0 technologies enablers of lean? Evidence from manufacturing industries

Sanjiv Narula, Harish Puppala, Anil Kumar, Sunil Luthra, Maheshwar Dwivedy, Surya Prakash, Vishal Talwar

This study aims to propose a conceptual model indicating the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies on lean tools. Additionally, it prioritizes I4.0 technologies for the…

A toolset for complex decision-making in analyze phase of Lean Six Sigma project: a case validation

Mahipal Singh, Rajeev Rathi, Jiju Antony, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The analyze phase of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project is an important phase where the project heads and organizational directors need to select the critical issues for further…

Implementing Lean Six Sigma in health care: a review of case studies

Alok Kumar Samanta, Varaprasad G., Anand Gurumurthy

Health care organisations implement lean six sigma (LSS) methodology to achieve improved performance in terms of cost, quality and productivity. However, the way it gets…

Advances and hotspots analysis of value stream mapping using bibliometrics

Chaochao Liu, Yang Zhang

Value stream mapping (VSM) is a visualization tool to identify and eliminate waste and widely applied in manufacturing, transportation, construction, service and other industries…

Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives

Nikolaos A. Panayiotou, Konstantinos E. Stergiou

The purpose of this paper is the development of a reference model contributing to the identification of the retail supply chain activities that can be improved by the…