...Corrine Keke Chen Purpose The review examines how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing nations adopt and implement Lean manufacturing. Despite their central role in economic development, SMEs often face inefficiencies from limited resources, skill shortages and institutional...

...Martha Concepcion Corredor-Rojas; David Alvarez-Martinez; Jose Fidel Torres Purpose Research on Lean Six Sigma ( LSS ) in manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries is scarce. This study aims to establish an LSS implementation model tailored...

... the association between TQM and GMP in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Bengaluru, India. A questionnaire method was used in this research. Data were collected from 448 participants working in SMEs in Bengaluru. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha...

...Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi; Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi; Hamood Mohammed Al-Hattami Purpose This paper aims to explore how lean manufacturing practices (LMPs) predict sustainable performance (SP) in the context of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in less developed countries, like...

.... Design/methodology/approach A survey was distributed among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan; thus, 315 valid responses were received. Partial least square structural equation modelling was used to analyze the data and test hypotheses. Findings The findings showed that environmental...

... et al. (2018) show a lack of models for the LSS implementation in companies; Timans et al. (2016) highlights the need for specific LSS deployment frameworks in SMEs, because regular tools are complex for SMEs context (Ben Romdhane et al., 2017). There appears...

... and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – A UK business school has been used as a case study to conduct extensive module and programme review followed by a semi-structured interview with potentially suitable core and programme-specific module tutors and comparative analysis...

... gaps from researchers and practitioner’s point of view. This study tries to identify the best strategy for improving competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in globalized market and evaluates TPM implementation practice in SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The objective...