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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of layout configurations in a hospital on the implementation of lean management initiatives, to include different units of care. The research concentrated on the impact, the physical distance between dependent units could have on...

Purpose Continuous improvement initiatives such as Lean in Higher Education (HE) institutes are an emerging topic for research. Under pressure to do more with less, institutes of HE are increasingly adopting the tools and methods of lean to improve their quality practices. Nevertheless,...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the mediating role of lean management on the relationship between workforce management and value-added time in private hospitals. This study also investigates the direct influences of workforce management and lean management on the value-added time of the...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of traditional teaching and active learning methods in lean management (LM) on the development of both soft and hard skills. Design/methodology/approach Through a longitudinal study, team members from two different organisations (the...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived effects between soft management practices, employee behaviours and the implementation of digital technologies in manufacturing plants, as well as how these relate to the emergence of digital waste. Design/methodology/approach This...

Purpose Lean management is a contemporary management system that firms adopt to boost their performance. Lean management can be integrated with human resources management to develop a new concept of lean human resources management (LHRM). This entails the implementation of several practices....