International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 11 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Susana Duarte, V. Cruz Machado

Shop floor management system in the context of smart manufacturing: a case study

Diamantino Torres, Carina Pimentel, Susana Duarte

The purpose of this study intends to make a characterization of a shop floor management (SFM) system in the context of smart manufacturing, through smart technologies and digital…

Analysis of lean manufacturing strategy using system dynamics modelling of a business model

Miguel Gomez Segura, Omogbai Oleghe, Konstantinos Salonitis

A system dynamics (SD)-based methodology is described for analysing the impact of lean manufacturing strategies on a company's business performance, using business model canvas…

A continuous improvement assessment tool, considering lean, safety and ergonomics

Marlene Ferreira Brito, Ana Luísa Ramos, Paula Carneiro, Maria Antónia Gonçalves

The purpose of this paper is to present an attempt to develop an instrument containing operational measures of lean combined with safety and ergonomic conditions in a workstation…

A lean manufacturing road map using fuzzy-DEMATEL with case-based analysis

Sameh N. Seleem, El-Awady Attia, Ahmed Karam, Ahmed El-Assal

This paper aims to develop a lean manufacturing road map for industrial firms by selecting the appropriate lean tools relying on the predefined strategic objectives and the firm…

Effective after-sales services through the lean servitization canvas

Martin Rudnick, Jan Riezebos, Daryl John Powell, Annika Hauptvogel

A lean approach is frequently applied in the primary processes of a company, but less in after-sales service. Servitization leads to a change from pure product providers to…

Manufacturing sustainability assessment using a lean manufacturing tool: A case study in the Indonesian wooden furniture industry

Sri Hartini, Udisubakti Ciptomulyono, Maria Anityasari, Sriyanto

Manufacturers and engineers need a practical and operational way to understand sustainable manufacturing and to apply it to their shop floors. The single index enables…

Operating room effectiveness: a lean health-care performance indicator

Thiago A. Souza, Guilherme Luís Roehe Vaccaro, Rui M. Lima

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a performance indicator that is been used to measure manufacturing productivity. The purpose of this paper is to propose the operating…