...Sunil Sharma; Mahender Singh Kaswan; Andrei Bonamigo; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to review different facets of Industry 6.0 (I6.0). The study also presents a systematic DMAIC-assisted I6.0 framework for enhanced operational excellence ( OPEX...

...Douglas Marques Lelis; Nuno Miguel De Matos Torre; Raphael Odebrecht de Souza; Andrei Bonamigo Purpose This study aims to propose a framework, called DMAIC-K, which integrates Toyota Kata into the Control phase to sustain Lean Six Sigma ( LSS ) gains over time. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ivona Milanović; Ivan Tomašević; Dragana Stojanović; Barbara Simeunović; Dragoslav Slović Purpose This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for the integration of Business Process Management ( BPM ) and Lean Management ( LM ) that overcomes the limitations of existing integration models...

...Ramesh, Rajeev Rathi; Dinesh Khanduja Purpose This study aims to integrate Green Lean Six Sigma ( GLSS ) with Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and develop an integrated GLSS–I4.0 framework for manufacturing sustainability. Design/methodology/approach Implementing the GLSS–I4.0 strategy requires...

... operational effectiveness within enterprises. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the design science research process model by Peffers et al. The authors conducted a thematic literature analysis on information waste to identify its sources and forms, then developed a structured framework...

...Md Monir Hossain; Gregory Purdy Purpose This study aims to integrate Industry 4.0 (I-4.0) technologies with Lean principles, proposing a framework called “Lean 4.0” to improve production efficiency and quality. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted in several steps. First...

...Lamia Ben Fredj Ben Alaya Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a guiding framework for the implementation of a plant-wide lean pull system (LPS) and to demonstrate its applicability and practical relevance in an automotive supplier company in Tunisia. Design/methodology/approach...

... is a conceptual framework based on the literature for lean practitioners’ guidance. Findings The results of the empirical study reveal an increase in efficiency of 30% in picking and packing operations when analysing and decreasing the non-value-added processes in this case study Research limitations...

... health-care facilities from the perspective of COVID management. Further, a conceptual framework of integrated GLSS-I4.0 has been proposed for better COVID management. Design/methodology/approach To conduct the literature review, the authors used the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews...

... for future research work. This study also provides a conceptual framework for GLSS. To do a systematic analysis of the literature, a systematic literature review methodology has been used in this research work. From the reputed databases, 140 articles were identified to explore hidden aspects of GLSS...

... of the GLS using GRA so that the industry can focus on the most sustainability-oriented project during the initial phase of the implementation; and to develop a comprehensive GLS implementation framework with an associated toolset. The systematic literature review helps to develop the conceptual...

... examines the dimensions associated with Lean Six Sigma such as frameworks, critical success factors, critical failure factors, type of industry, performance metric, year, publisher and journal, based on a total of 223 articles published in 72 reputed journals from the year 2000 to 2019 as a literature...

...Abdulaziz Marzouq Almutairi; Konstantinos Salonitis; Ahmed Al-Ashaab The main purpose of this paper is to present lean implementation in hospital supply chain management (HSCM) and propose a new conceptual framework tailored specifically to the needs of Saudi health-care organizations...

...Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy; Anand Gurumurthy; Arjun Athikkamannil Lankayil Lean practices adopted by the Indian case hospital are documented. Performance measures before and after implementation of lean practices in the case hospital are compared. Based on this experience, a framework...

...Shradha Gupta; Monica Sharma The purpose of this paper is to do the reliability and validity analysis of existing frameworks in lean services through questionnaire survey. Furthermore, it explores the applicability of these frameworks in Indian service sector. 17 03 2016 08 07...