International Journal of Lean Six Sigma: Volume 15 Issue 5

Guest editorial: “Integration of Lean Six Sigma with industry 4.0 to augment organizational efficiency and effectiveness”

Jiju Antony, Vinodh S., Ayon Chakraborty

Fostering insights and improvements from IIoT systems at the shop floor: a case of industry 4.0 and lean complementarity enabled by action learning

Henrik Saabye, Daryl John Powell

This paper aims to investigate how manufacturers can foster insights and improvements from real-time data among shop-floor workers by developing organisational “learning-to-learn”…

Industry 4.0 and Lean Manufacturing – a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature and key recommendations for future research

Sameh M. Saad, Ramin Bahadori, Chandan Bhovar, Hongwei Zhang

This paper aims to analyse the current state of research to identify the link between Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies to map out different research themes…

Selection of Industry 4.0 technologies for Lean Six Sigma integration using fuzzy DEMATEL approach

Arish Ibrahim, Gulshan Kumar

This study aims to explore the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies with lean six sigma practices in the manufacturing sector for enhanced process improvement.

Integration of blockchain and Lean Six Sigma approach for operational excellence:a proposed model

Rajeev Rathi, Mahipal Singh, Jiju Antony, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Rekha Goyat, Alireza Shokri

This study aims to explore the potential application of blockchain technology in Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project through a proposed blockchain-LSS (BLSS) model. The proposed model…

The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances

Rahadian Haryo Bayu Sejati, Dermawan Wibisono, Akbar Adhiutama

This paper aims to design a hybrid model of knowledge-based performance management system (KBPMS) for facilitating Lean Six-Sigma (L6s) application to increase contractor…

Is lean manufacturing maturity a prerequisite for industry 4.0? Survey of SMEs in Japan and Brazil

Osamu Tsukada, Ugo Ibusuki, Shigeru Kuchii, Anderson Tadeu de Santi Barbosa de Almeida

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between Lean manufacturing and Industry 4.0 for small and medium size of enterprise in Japan and Brazil.

The HyDAPI framework: a versatile tool integrating Lean Six Sigma and digitalisation for improved quality management in Industry 4.0

Rose Clancy, Ken Bruton, Dominic T.J. O’Sullivan, Aidan J. Cloonan

Quality management practitioners have yet to cease the potential of digitalisation. Furthermore, there is a lack of tools such as frameworks guiding practitioners in the digital…