... Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Total quality management (TQM) SMEs Barriers Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) MICMAC analysis Structural equation modeling Bangladesh's economic growth heavily relies on the contributions...

..., interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and Matrix Impact Cross-Reference Multiplication Applied to a Classification (MICMAC) analysis have been designed to prioritize, sequence and categorize variables to find both the dependence and driving power of these variables. Design/methodology/approach...

... involvement, lack of awareness of about LSS are prudent factors; unclear vision, high implementation cost, resistance to culture change, weak supplier linkage, poor alignment between company’s goal and customer demand are burst factors. Furthermore, MICMAC analysis is splitting the LSSBs in four clusters...

... LSSEs for each parameter of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation. The outcome of ISM is further utilized by fuzzy MICMAC analysis to discover the enablers that are strong drivers and highly dependent. Fuzzy set is included in MICMAC analysis in order to obtain more precise output and effective model...