across the globe, with a median experience of 10 years as a quality professional with expertise in the field of both Lean and … participants. Fourteen commonalities and 17 differences between Six Sigma and Lean were identified. Key findings were grouped under … applications of Six Sigma and Lean for process excellence.  …

Purpose – Implementation of lean manufacturing is currently performed in the production industry; however, for the …-time performance and inventory are useful indicators to measure lean implementation; however, a financial economic perspective taking … fixed assets into consideration is still missing. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to propose a method to measure lean …

warehousing of the semi‐manufactured parts) have been considered for the implementation of lean and agile production strategies …, respectively. The product waiting time in the production section has been considered as the lean production indicator, and the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a useful framework for identifying a new lean waste classified as … polarization. Complementing the extant lean conceptual framework, the authors argue there is a need to understand how resources are … the non‐value adding polarization of resources. Design/methodology/approach – A captious and taxonomic review of the lean …

which support or prohibit the effective realisation of CI. Lean is a globally competitive standard for product assembly of … discreet parts. Successful Lean application is conditioned by an evolutionary problem‐solving ability of the rank and file … practices. But the challenge of operating innovative Lean systems lacks statistically valid guidance. Design …

present the CSFs for the effective implementation of Lean Six Sigma and to analyze the implementation of Lean Six Sigma …, Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma. The second part was to design a survey questionnaire based on the literature. The …, linking Lean Six Sigma to business strategy and leadership styles. The results also revealed that the least important factors …

Lean thinking and Six Sigma tools and techniques more holistically. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology …

selects Lean and Six Sigma projects in practice. Design/methodology/approach – Practitioners of Lean and Six Sigma were … set ( n =74) that reflects practitioner views on the state of practice in selecting Lean and Six Sigma projects and …

Purpose – Empirical evidence suggests corporate culture and change contribute to every Lean failure. Whilst the … prevailing research implies that successful Lean implementations lead to a profitable organisation, it also points towards the … low numbers of organisations fully adopting the Lean principles. The purpose of this paper is to identify the existing …

environments created by implementing employee-supportive lean. Design/methodology/approach The research uses a questionnaire to … study describes the implementation of employee-supportive lean in four small companies using an action research approach … environment created by implementing employee-supportive lean.  …