Purpose – The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between organizational structure and lean implementation success and to explore the impact of a lean implementation on the development of employee problem-solving skills. Organizations that implement lean manufacturing...

Purpose – Many of the benefits of Six Sigma (SS) programs stem from the proper use of tools within team‐based improvement projects. However, teams often struggle with selecting and integrating the best tools to use in their projects, compromising not only the project completion but also the...

Purpose The aim of this paper is to synthesize and assess the published literature relating to critical success factors for continuous improvement projects (CIPs). Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to obtain the most relevant papers from four...