Background: This study aims to analyze the relationship between lean practices and orga- nizational performance in a … the central hypothesis of the study and conclude that lean practices (waste elimination, continuous improvement, support …

Originally developed to improve the quality and production efficiency, Lean Six Sigma is now widely adopted in other … non-manufacturing sectors such as financial, trade, services, etc. The methodology known as Lean Six Sigma combines the … Six Sigma techniques, - which allow companies to reduce manufacturing defects - and the Lean Manufacturing principles …

While “identifying customer value” is the first principle of Lean thinking, the concept of customer value has largely … remained unchanged in the Lean discourse - quality, cost and delivery. This research examines the problem of working from such …-stage evaluations. Supporting Service-Dominant Logic and Lean Consumption views, the CVM instrument can be considered as a novel …

Purpose: This paper describes the perceived effects of implementing lean production in a Swedish SME contract … the basis of both lean and agile approaches, allows many improvements without any conflicts or trade-offs between these …

Lean thinking has proved to be successful in improving results in industry. Services could benefit from this approach … too. The success of lean thinking depends on the appropriate identification and elimination of waste. This paper describes … operator. An Action Research approach was adopted, and a quot;lean teamquot; of company personnel was specially formed to …

Purpose: This study aimed at implementing lean six sigma to evaluate the productivity and manufacturing waste in the … production line of a paper company Methodology/Approach: The study is a case study in nature. The method illustrates how lean six … optimization of the production process was based on lean tools like value stream mapping, process cycle efficiency, Kaizen, 5S and …