How do organizations implement an effective LSS initiative? A qualitative study

Michael Sony is at present a faculty at Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. He holds a PhD from Goa University. He holds a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Goa University in the year 2008. He passed bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in the year 2004. He was earlier working in Goa Electricity Department, Government of Goa, India. His research interest includes Energy Modelling, Workplace spirituality, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Adaptability, Service Customization, Scale Development, Markov Model, Reliability Engineering, Discrete Event Simulations.

Jiju Antony is recognized worldwide as a leader in Lean Six Sigma methodology for achieving and sustaining process excellence. He is a Professor of Quality Management in the Department of Business Management at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (UK), Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), Fellow of the Institute of Operations Management (FIOM), Fellow of the American Society of Quality (FASQ), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Fellow of the Institute of the Six Sigma Professionals (ISSP).

He has a proven track record for conducting internationally leading research in the field of Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma. Professor Antony has authored over 400 journal, conference and white papers and 8 text books of which 4 are related to Lean Six Sigma. He has published over 200 papers on Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma topics and is considered to be one of the highest in the world for the number of Six Sigma publications. Two of his papers published in 2002 entitled (Critical Success Factors for the successful implementation of Six Sigma projects in organisations (over 900 Google citations) and Key Ingredients for the effective implementation of Six Sigma program (over 800 Google citations)) have the highest citations making them the most referred to papers in the world in the field of Six Sigma. He has an h-index of 75 according to Google Scholar with total citations exceeding 21000.

Professor Antony has worked on a number of consultancy projects with several blue chip companies such as Rolls-Royce, Bosch, Parker Pen, Siemens, Ford, Scottish Power, Tata Motors, Thales, Nokia, Philips, General Electric, NHS, Glasgow City Council, Scottish Water, ACCESS, Police Scotland, University Sectors and a number of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. He is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has trained over 1,200 people as Lean Six Sigma Yellow, Green and Black Belts from over 20 countries representing over 175 organizations in the last 14 years

Subhash Naik is a General Manager in Business Excellence and Asset Optimization in Suzlon Energy Ltd. Pune, He holds a PhD from Goa University. He is selected in International WHO'S WHO Professional from international society for inclusion in 2009 edition, Washington, U.S.A. Among other distinctions, he holds a Bachelor's degree (B.E) with specialization in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his master's in engineering (M.E) with super specialization in Industrial Engineering and operations research. He has also successfully completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing. He has published various articles in International journals. He is a certified black Belt in Lean, Six Sigma and LSS. He is practicing Asset Optimization and Business Excellence for last 10 years.