Cover -- Editorial -- Maintenance strategy selection: a comprehensive review of current paradigms and solution approaches -- An optimal scheduling policy for upgraded software with updates -- Three-echelon apparel supply chain coordination with triple bottom line approach -- Software reliability...

Purpose – Six sigma for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) is an emerging topic among many academics and six sigma practitioners over the last two to three years. Very few studies have been reported about the successful applications of six sigma in SMEs. The purpose of this paper...

Purpose – Six Sigma has been part of our business lexicon for more than a decade. Debates on its emergence as a strategic initiative have created critics who consider it as an old wine in a new bottle. Is Six Sigma a management fad? This article presents some common myths and realities of Six...