Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system solutions are currently in high demand by both manufacturing and service organisations because they provide a tightly integrated solution to an organisation's information system needs. During the last decade, ERP systems have received a significant...

One of the major obstacles contributing to the cost, time and efficiency of improving the quality output of manufacturing systems is the propagation of defectives or errors through the system. Conventional individual control chart design does not address the problem of the interrelation of the...

Purpose – Although research has been undertaken on the implementation of lean within various industries, the many tools and techniques that form the “tool box”, and its integration with Six Sigma (mainly through case studies and action research), there has been little written on the...