International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 12 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Jitesh Thakkar, S. Vinodh

Lean Six Sigma in developing countries: evidence from a large Brazilian manufacturing firm

Alisson Christian Scheller, Thayla T. Sousa-Zomer, Paulo A. Cauchick-Miguel

Although the literature on Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation has evolved, a deeper understanding of the LSS practices applied in organisations in developing countries is needed…

Experience of implementing lean thinking in an Indian healthcare institution

Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy, Anand Gurumurthy, Arjun Athikkamannil Lankayil

The purpose of this study is to document the experience and impact of implementing lean thinking (LT) in an Indian healthcare institution.

Identification and modeling of process barriers: Implementing lean manufacturing in small-and medium-size enterprises

Ramadas T., Satish K.P.

The purpose of this study is to present factors associated with process barriers in implementing lean manufacturing within the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Lean implementation and implications: experiences from Macedonia

Robert Minovski, Bojan Jovanoski, Petar Galevski

This paper aims to explore the level of implementation of Lean tools in companies of metalworking and automotive industry in R. Macedonia compared with the global experiences and…

Modeling the lean barriers for successful lean implementation: TISM approach

Anup Prabhakarrao Chaple, Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede, Milind M. Akarte, Rakesh Raut

Companies have been implementing lean manufacturing to improve their business performances. However, many of them have difficulties in the implementation because of various…

Evaluating the supply chain information flow in Egyptian SMEs using Six Sigma: A case study

Omneya Kandil, Rasha Abd El Aziz

There is a great deal of concern among the Egyptian economy that small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs’) potentials are not fully used although they dominate it and…