International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 15 Issue 4

Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?

Fatma Lehyani, Alaeddine Zouari, Ahmed Ghorbel, Michel Tollenaere

Companies should enhance their market position and competitiveness by improving staff effectiveness, skills, resource commitment, and applying relevant managerial methods. This…

Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case

Evangelos Psomas, Cleopatra Deliou

Food manufacturing companies which are essential for national economies, need to attach importance to the adoption of both the lean manufacturing (LM) operational excellence…

Lean Six Sigma, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal auditing

Hamideh Asnaashari, Fatemeh Khodabandehlou

In light of the recent changes in the internal audit (IA) landscape, the role of auditors has undergone a significant transformation. This paper aims to investigate the effects of…

Value stream mapping application for construction industry loss and waste reduction: a systematic literature review

Maria Luiza de Souza Morato, Karine Araujo Ferreira

The pupose of this study is to systematically review the current literature on the value stream mapping (VSM) application in the construction industry to investigate the evolution…

Determinants of lean manufacturing adoption by Chinese manufacturers

Chieh-Yu Lin, Cathay Kuo-Tai Kang, Yi-Hui Ho

This study aims to analyze the determinants influencing Chinese manufacturing companies in implementing lean manufacturing (LM).

Six sigma project generation and selection: an action research study

Giovanni Cláudio Pinto Condé, José Carlos Toledo, Mauro Luiz Martens

The purpose of this paper is to test and develop a method for generation and selection of six sigma projects. This is done by testing the use of the generation and selection…

Empirical analysis of strategies to overcome the barriers of LSS implementation in Indian small manufacturing enterprises: an application of ISM-MICMAC

Mahipal Singh, Mahender Singh Singh Kaswan, Rajeev Rathi

The purpose of this study is to explore and model the strategies to overcome the barriers of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation in Indian small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs).

Lean implementation barriers in the apparel industry in Bangladesh

Abul Bashar, Ahsan Akhtar Hasin, Md. Nazmus Sakib, Nabila Binta Bashar

In the highly competitive business landscape, manufacturing firms need to adopt an effective manufacturing strategy to attain a successful world-class manufacturing status. Over…

Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies

Julianita Maria Scaranello Simões, José Carlos de Toledo, Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli

Front-line lean leadership is critical for implementing and sustaining lean production systems (LPS). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationships between front-line…

Operational excellence in hospitals

Paulien C. Hoefsmit, Jaap van den Heuvel, Reinier Zandbergen, Ronald Does