... side of Lean Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 integration, particularly within the define, measure, analyze, improve and control ( DMAIC ) problem-solving discipline. Design/methodology/approach Anchored in an interpretivist paradigm, the review applies a bottom-up thematic analysis using NVivo software...

... couplings. Thematic analysis synthesized conceptual clusters and emerging trends. Findings Through a rigorous bibliometric protocol, the study systematically applied performance analysis, bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis and keyword co-occurrence mapping, complemented by a thematic synthesis...

... to leadership research (Insch et al., 1997); content analysis of leaders’ behaviours that are associated with the different aspects of Lean Six Sigma implementation is also possible. However, thematic analysis was used for many reasons. Thematic analysis can provide much greater detail that can...