International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 13 Issue 4

Identify critical success factors to implement integrated green and Lean Six Sigma

Mrigendra Nath Mishra

The purpose of this paper is analysis of Green and Lean Six Sigma, based on the success factors in its use through a well thought-out literature review, is being planned; a…

Lean manufacturing alignment with respect to performance metrics multinational corporations case study

Raed El-Khalil

The purpose of this paper is to investigate lean tools correlation, interactions and implementation in manufacturing industry at multinational corporation and its impact on…

Productivity increase in a large size slaughterhouse: a simulation approach applying lean manufacturing

Carlos Coutinho Fernandes Junior, Leonel Teixeira Pinto

The main purpose of this paper is to develop a study of the determination of the most appropriate execution steps, necessary for the construction of modelling, simulation and…

Physics-based trade-off curves to develop a control access product in set-based concurrent engineering environment

Zehra Canan Araci, Ahmed Al-Ashaab, Cesar Garcia Almeida

This paper aims to present a process to generate physics-based trade-off curves (ToCs) to facilitate lean product development processes by enabling two key activities of set-based…

Monitoring of overall equipment effectiveness by multivariate statistical process control

Imane Mjimer, ES-Saadia Aoula, EL Hassan Achouyab

This study aims to monitor the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) indicator that is one of the best indicators used to monitor the performance of the company by the…

Exploring relationships for integrating lean, environmental sustainability and industry 4.0

Lígia Lobo Mesquita, Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli, Susana Duarte, Pedro Carlos Oprime

This paper aims to thoroughly identify the forms of integration between Lean, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and environmental sustainability (ES) by examining the relationships between…

A relationship between bias, lean tools, and waste

Mahesh Babu Purushothaman, Jeff Seadon, Dave Moore

This study aims to highlight the system-wide potential relationships between forms of human bias, selected Lean tools and types of waste in a manufacturing process.

Improving access to frontline psychosocial services for youths in difficulty by using LSS: an action research case study

Tasseda Boukherroub, Lysane Ouellet, Guillaume Lemay, Nathalie Bibeau, Diane Thiffault, Nicole McNeil

This study aims to improve accessibility to frontline psychological services for youths in difficulty. In the province of Quebec, Canada, the first significant intervention must…