International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 15 Issue 1

A meta-analysis of a comprehensive m-health technology acceptance

Luiz Philipi Calegari, Barkokebas R.D., Diego Castro Fettermann

The evolution of e-health technologies presents promising alternatives for health-care excellence. Despite the benefits arising from mobile e-health (m-health) and wearables…

Industrial revolution and environmental sustainability: an analytical interpretation of research constituents in Industry 4.0

Arun Malik, Shamneesh Sharma, Isha Batra, Chetan Sharma, Mahender Singh Kaswan, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

Environmental sustainability is quickly becoming one of the most critical issues in industry development. This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review through which…

Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development

Mahender Singh Kaswan, Rajeev Rathi, Jiju Antony, Jennifer Cross, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Mahipal Singh, Inder Preet Singh, Michael Sony

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a surge in demand for health-care facilities, medicines, vaccines and other health-care items. The purpose of this study is to…

Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature

Pankaj Kumar Detwal, Rajat Agrawal, Ashutosh Samadhiya, Anil Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

This study aims to examine current research on the relationship between Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0 (H4.0) for healthcare organizations.

Design and validation of a structured instrument to assess the influence of sustainable supply chain management practices on sustainable performance in hospitals

Veronica Duque-Uribe, William Sarache, Elena Valentina Gutiérrez

The purpose of this paper is to design and validate a reliable and comprehensive instrument to assess the influence of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices on…

Readiness level assessment for lean Six Sigma implementation in the healthcare sector

Federica Costa, Alberto Portioli-Staudacher, Najla Alemsan, Guilherme Luz Tortorella

The purpose of this study is to identify the critical readiness factors (CRFs) that mainly affect the implementation of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in an organization and their…

Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare

Lúcia Sortica de Bittencourt, Istefani Carísio de Paula, André Teixeira Pontes, Aline Cafruni Gularte

This study aims to enhance storage and distribution operations at a pharmaceutical supply center (PSC) in primary health care (PH) using lean health care (LH) tools. Supply…

Supply chain risk management to achieve healthcare supply chain operational excellence: a fsQCA and PLS-SEM approach

Pedro Senna, Lino Guimarães Marujo, Ana Carla de Souza Gomes dos Santos, Alberto Eduardo Besser Freitag, Sergio Luiz Braga França

Healthcare supply chains (HCSCs) face severe challenges when compared to regular chains. Besides avoiding bankruptcy, they must accomplish their goal which is to save lives. Since…