...Vishal Rithvik C.S.; Arjun Kanissery Anand; Aditya Sen; Saleeshya P.G. Purpose The purpose of the current research is to evaluate and enhance productivity in manufacturing systems through the assistance of lean agile and sustainability supply chain techniques. The research aims at developing...

... ). In addition, to support decision-makers with the creation of interdisciplinary frameworks for sustainable operations management. Design/methodology/approach This research develops a basis from a comprehensive literature review. Furthermore, the methodology applies structured data assessment grounded...

... Lean Six Sigma ( GLSS ) adoption in the Indian construction sector, in line with the government’s increasing interest in sustainable practices. Design/methodology/approach After a thorough literature review, 14 crucial enablers of GLSS implementation were found and confirmed by experts...

... framework also incorporates other proven management best practices, including the sustainability’s triple bottom line – People, Planet, Profit – the Process Classification Framework® provided by the American Productivity and Quality Center, and management by objectives methodologies – objectives and key...

... corporate system, generating a positive long-term impact in terms of sustainability and value creation for all stakeholders. All this is explained by an integrated approach, Lean-Sustainability ( LS ), which represents a new management paradigm, based on the joint consideration of Lean practices and all...

...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...

...Rami Gdoura; Remy Houssin; Hicham Chibane; Diala Dhouib; Amadou Coulibaly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Lean 5.0 concept and the proactive integration of its requirements to design waste-free, sustainable, resilient and human-centered manufacturing systems. Design...

...Vishal Ashok Wankhede; Rohit Agrawal Purpose This study aims to investigate the alignment between Industry 4.0 and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the context of sustainable development, focusing on the reasons for the growing attention to this integration and its implications for sustainability...

... is still being discovered and applied and where also the relationship between the adoption of this methodology and sustainable performance is not yet clear. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the impact of LSS tools, used by industrial companies in Morocco, on the three dimensions of performance...

... those two areas but empirical papers present mixed and inconsistent results, calling for further analysis to establish a clearer understanding of the actual relationship and to identify the causes of conflicting findings across studies. Given the importance of sustainable practices in the current...

...Alessandra Cantini; Federica Costa; Alberto Portioli-Staudacher Purpose Pursuing digital transformation is a valuable strategy to attain companies’ operational excellence and sustainable development. However, installing digital technologies and software is insufficient for achieving a successful...

...Rouhollah Khakpour; Ahmad Ebrahimi; Seyed-Mohammad Seyed-Hosseini Purpose This paper aims to integrate zero defect manufacturing (ZDM) with process mining (PM) to avoid defect occurrence during production and improve sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The method is developed based...

...Graça Miranda Silva; Paulo Jorge Gomes Purpose Organizations are faced with increasing pressure to engage in sustainable development. There is an ongoing discussion on how to incorporate green thinking into lean management systems. This study aims to investigate configurations of lean and green...

..., and its different facets, explores different available frameworks and provides avenues for potential research in this area for potential researchers and practitioners. Over the past few decades, economic change, sustainable product demands, governmental policy toward climate change and market...

... implementing lean. Production industry Lean barriers Fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory Sustainability Manufacturing is considered to be the largest industry sector on the planet. The manufacturing sector’s value-added as a percentage of GDP in 2020, which covers 123 nations...

... the concerned processes or systems by making them more streamlined (Ghobadian et al., 2020). Lean is fundamentally interconnected with sustainability; it reduces the unnecessary use of resources, makes the process streamlined and reduces different wastes in the system that in turn leads to improved...

... This paper aims to deal with the selection of the sustainability-oriented Green Lean Six Sigma (GLS) project for the manufacturing industry in the complex decision-making environment. Moreover, the study also proposes a GLS implementation framework for improved organizational performance. GLS project...

...Yingxue Ren; Min Zhang; Yin Bai; Haochen Bai Sustainability Case study Construction industry Design of experiments Reinforcement material National Science Foundation of China 72032005 Unsatisfactory level of construction materials quality has been a persistent problem...

... be contacted at: ijoao@deq.isel.ipl.pt 01 11 2020 29 11 2020 24 02 2021 02 04 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Lean Lean tools Laboratory waste Sustainability Pharmaceutical industry Case study...

...Sajan M.P.; Shalij P.R. Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the adoption of Lean manufacturing (LM) contributes towards the sustainability performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a multi-case...