... (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Sustainability Quality management Critical success factors Operations management...

...Rohit Agrawal; Vishal Ashok Wankhede Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify those critical success factors (CSFs) that are required for the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and Lean Six Sigma ( LSS ). It aims at delivering a priority order of CSFs that can assist...

... case study was conducted in an Italian manufacturing company with a decade-long history of implementing CIPs. Data is collected from past projects and complemented by expert evaluations of critical success factors. A fuzzy-based data augmentation technique was developed to address the limitations...

...Spiridon Rizos; Eleni Sfakianaki; Andreas Kakouris Purpose This paper aims to synthesise and assess the available literature with respect to critical success factors (CSFs) for lean implementation in higher education ( HE ). Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review ( SLR...

... with the help of industrial experts. Findings Both approaches share common elements regarding critical success factors and barriers, and the combined application of their respective tools and techniques strengthens their shared objective of enhancing sustainability. The presented framework offers methodical...

... to these companies in Colombia, using a hierarchical structure of the critical success factors (CSFs) identified and validated through a latent variable modelling approach. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review was conducted, and data were collected via online surveys of manufacturing...

...Marcio Gonçalves Cabeça; Iris Bento da Silva; Luciana Montanari; Alessandro Roger Rodrigues; Sidney Bruce Shiki; Gustavo Franco Barbosa Purpose Among the Critical Success Factors considered by companies, the pursuit of high standards of productivity and quality stands out. However, achieving...

... lifecycle approach for BPM can be implemented for continuous improvement, embracing the critical success factors for each lifecycle phase to achieve operational excellence. Information technology and project management are critical success factors resulting in project barriers. Strategic alignment, top...

.... The purpose of this study was to examine the critical success factors (CSFs) of continuous improvement in this homogeneous industry. Two other contextual factors, implementation approach and national culture, are examined. A mixed methods approach, combining Q-methodology, online surveys and interviews...

... Nath Mishra can be contacted at: mri.mishra3@gmail.com 23 07 2017 10 06 2018 11 10 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Critical success factors Green and lean Six Sigma Integrate The rise...

...-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) associated with the Six Sigma (SS) implementation in companies operating in Brazil. The research was tested based on survey questionnaire responses from a sample of 45 Brazilian manufacturing...

...Amine Belhadi; Fatima Ezahra Touriki; Said Elfezazi Critical success factors Lean production Analytical hierarchy process Small to medium sized enterprises Twenty-first century industry is marked by a drastic change in international marketplace (Bhamu and Sangwan, 2014 ; Belhadi...

... and manufacturing companies based in Sri Lanka. Hence, it would provide Sri Lankan service and manufacturing companies guidelines for successful implementation of Six Sigma for future endeavors. Six Sigma Implementation Literature review Critical success factors Successful Sonali Udeeka...

... one QMS; here was ISO 9001:2008. It included questions concerning the importance of the critical success factors (CSFs) of QMSs and performance measures after the implementation of ISO 9001. Correspondence analysis was used for the analysis of the data. A theoretical investigation in literature...

... of this paper is to propose an instrument for assessing the relationships between the critical success factors (CSFs) that promote help chain, providing means to enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and quality performance in companies undergoing a lean implementation. what does an employee do...

...Meryem Uluskan Based on a comprehensive literature research, the most used tools; classification of tools; flow of tools with respect to define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) steps; tools as critical success factors and reasons of ineffective use of tools are reviewed. To stay...

...Siddra Qayyum Siddiqui; Fahim Ullah; Muhammad Jamaluddin Thaheem; Hamza Farooq Gabriel Purpose This paper aims at collecting and reviewing the published literature on the Six Sigma in construction along with its critical success factors (CSFs). Design/methodology/approach The research is based...

... cites a huge number of examples of failure from problems arising during the implementation process (Papadopoulou and Ozbayrak, 2005 ; Balle, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Kuwait Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing industries Critical success factors Lean...

... the inclusion of critical success factors, critical‐to‐quality characteristics, and set of tools and techniques as observed from the literature. In the case of key performance indicators (KPIs), there are different interpretations about them in the literature and also by industry practitioners. Some literature...

...Vasileios Ismyrlis; Odysseas Moschidis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward and classify the critical success factors (CSF) of Six Sigma implementation, as well as the tools‐techniques that it utilizes in all the phases of the Define‐Measure‐Analyze‐Improve‐Control (DMAIC...