Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Editorial -- Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma … -- Maintaining sustainable performance in operating petroleum assets via a lean-six-sigma approach -- Lean Six Sigma and … environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer -- Green and lean implementation: an assessment in the …

:2008 standard based Quality Management System. This model integrates the Lean Six Sigma requirements as appended additional sub … integrating the three main management models, namely Lean, Six Sigma and ISO 9001:2008 standard based Quality Management System …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for integrating Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology and belt …

selects Lean and Six Sigma projects in practice. Design/methodology/approach – Practitioners of Lean and Six Sigma were … set ( n =74) that reflects practitioner views on the state of practice in selecting Lean and Six Sigma projects and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide Lean Six Sigma deployment champions with a structured approach to … identify and prioritize parts of their business that are conducive to the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Design …/methodology/approach – A five‐step approach to Lean Six Sigma project identification is presented in this paper. The approach utilizes a …

and Lean a deployment strategy is developed. This approach is consistent with Deming's philosophy of quality improvement … and DMAIC, DFSS, and Lean can form two of the three basic building blocks of a company‐wide quality management system …Purpose – This paper aims to present a quality and business improvement framework based on Six Sigma/design, measure …

/methodology/approach – The well‐known lean Six Sigma methodology is applied to yield consistent results and eliminate unnecessary actions (steps … system. Research limitations/implications – There are limited publications in the field of lean Six Sigma as an approach to … staffing solutions. Originality/value – This paper provides an unexplored practical application of lean Six Sigma to yield a …

, standardizing, automating, and globalizing key information. The approach incorporates lean elements from 5S, standardized work … instructions, and lean visioning. Findings – It was found that the reallocation of time management from operators, management, and …. Originality/value – This paper provides tools for improving the quality and productivity of data flow. Both long‐term and short …

which support or prohibit the effective realisation of CI. Lean is a globally competitive standard for product assembly of … discreet parts. Successful Lean application is conditioned by an evolutionary problem‐solving ability of the rank and file … practices. But the challenge of operating innovative Lean systems lacks statistically valid guidance. Design …

Purpose – Empirical evidence suggests corporate culture and change contribute to every Lean failure. Whilst the … prevailing research implies that successful Lean implementations lead to a profitable organisation, it also points towards the … low numbers of organisations fully adopting the Lean principles. The purpose of this paper is to identify the existing …