Lean Six Sigma applications in the textile industry: a case study

Adikorley, Ruth Dede; Rothenberg, Lori; Guillory, Aaron

doi:10.1108/ijlss-03-2016-0014

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“…Besides Brazil, the intensive adoption of case study also supports that LSS is in earlier stages of development around the world (Raval and Kant, 2017). Examples of LSS case studies researches were developed in India by Kumar et al (2006); Swarnakar and Vinodh (2016) and Chaurasia et al (2016), in the UK by Thomas et al (2009) and Dora and Gellynck (2015), in Taiwan by Cheng and Chang (2012), in The Netherlands by Gutierrez-Gutierrez et al (2016) and in the USA by Besseris (2014) and Adikorley et al (2017).…”

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confidence: 83%

Lean Six Sigma in Brazil: a literature review

Walter

Paladini

2019

IJLSS

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the Brazilian context, seeking to identify its main characteristics and opportunities for future research. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on a literature review in the area of production engineering and operations management, where 104 relevant scientific publications were identified. Findings The results show that the most important critical success factor for integrating LSS in Brazil is top management support and commitment. LSS integration occurs predominantly in large industrial companies, being incipient in small and medium-sized enterprises. In general, there is no structured way of applying LSS. A standard framework for LSS is still lacking. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to a sample that only comprises Brazilian scientific studies. Practical implications Professionals and practitioners can understand the evolution of LSS through practical applications and the main LSS tools used in both the industrial and services sectors. It also points out the critical success factor for the implementation of LSS. The study highlights several roadmaps for LSS implementation adopted by large and modern Brazilian automotive industries based on a robust technological base. This study also contributes to expanding the evidence base of LSS application, both in Brazil and in other countries. Originality/value Some suggestions are proposed to clarify the structure and complexity of integrated implementation of LP and SS as well as expand the LSS application in small and medium-sized enterprises. This study is the first to discuss the current situation of LSS in Brazil and provide suggestions to expand LSS in the country. Comparisons of Brazilian LSS literature review with researches of others countries are also presented.

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Section: Analysis and Discussion Of Reviewed Literaturementioning

confidence: 83%

Lean Six Sigma in Brazil: a literature review

Walter

Paladini

2019

IJLSS

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“…Firstly, the SS was used in the manufacturing sector: Adikorley et al applied it in the textile industry (Adikorley et al, 2017) while Besseris et al made an application in the food industry (Besseris et al, 2014). Many researchers have conducted systematic review to explore the methodology from different perspectives: Bakar et al reviewed all the critical factors of success of the methodology (Bakar et al, 2015) while, recently, Chugani et al investigated the application of this methodology from a green research perspective (Chugani et al, 2017), Freitas et al studied the impact of the methodology on the organizational sustainability (Freitas et al, 2017) and Walter and Paladini identified the main directions for future research (Walter and Paladini, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

A health technology assessment between two pharmacological therapies through Six Sigma: the case study of bone cancer

Ricciardi

Sorrentino

Improta

et al. 2020

TQM

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PurposeHead and neck cancers are multi-factorial diseases that can affect many sides of people's life and are due to a lot of risk factors. According to their characteristics, the treatment can be surgical, use of radiation or chemotherapy. The use of a surgical treatment can lead to surgical infections that are a main theme in medicine. At the University hospital of Naples “Federico II”, two antibiotics were employed to tackle the issue of the infections and they are compared in this paper to find which one implies the lowest length of hospital stay (LOS) and the reduction of infections.Design/methodology/approachThe Six Sigma methodology and its problem-solving strategy DMAIC (define, measure, analyse, improve, control), already employed in the healthcare sector, were used as a tool of a health technology assessment between two drugs. In this paper the DMAIC roadmap is used to compare the Ceftriaxone (administered to a group of 48 patients) and the association of Cefazolin plus Clindamycin (administered to a group of 45 patients).FindingsThe results show that the LOS of patients treated with Ceftriaxone is lower than those who were treated with the association of Cefazolin plus Clindamycin, the difference is about 41%. Moreover, a lower number of complications and infections was found in patients who received Ceftriaxone. Finally, a greater number of antibiotic shifts was needed by patients treated with Cefazolin plus Clindamycin.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the paper enhances clearly the advantages for patients' outcomes regarding the LOS and the number of complications, it did not analyse the costs of the two antibiotics.Practical implicationsEmploying the Ceftriaxone would allow the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery to obtain lower LOS and a limited number of complications/infections for recovered patients, consequently reducing the hospitalization costs.Originality/valueThere is a double value in this paper: first of all, the comparison between the two antibiotics gives an answer to one of the main issues in medicine that is the reduction of hospital-acquired infections; secondly, the Six Sigma through its DMAIC cycle can be employed also to compare two biomedical technologies as a tool of health technology assessment studies.

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“…Several manufacturing organizations in both developed and emerging economies use either TPM or TQM exclusively whereas others implement an integrated TQM and TPM, based upon their understanding of manufacturing fundamentals and business priorities. It has been documented that such quality and maintenance management practices, when utilized as a business operations management strategy exclusively, have provided manufacturing firms with a competitive advantage to survive in a global market (Adikorley et al, 2017;Chaurasia et al, 2016;Konecny and Thun, 2011;Sunder, 2016). Every year, many research articles are published dealing with the separate implementation of either quality management or maintenance management methodologies in both manufacturing and service sectors.…”

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An empirical exploration of TQM, TPM and their integration from Indian manufacturing industry

Sahoo

2018

JMTM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to comparatively assess the contributions of total quality management (TQM) and total productive maintenance (TPM) practices, exclusively and collectively, on manufacturing business performance. Design/methodology/approach Responses to survey questionnaires were collected using multiple modes of data collection. A total of 269 filled responses were collected and analyzed to ascertain the contribution made by exclusive and collective implementation of TQM and TPM practices on business performance. The respondent firms were grouped into three clusters based on early, in-transition and advanced stages of implementation of either or both TQM and TPM manufacturing practices. Comparative assessment of the impact of standalone TQM, standalone TPM and combined TQM–TPM manufacturing methods on business performance parameters have been evaluated using statistical tools within each cluster. Findings Evidences were found to support the supposition that integrated implementation of both TQM and TPM practices over a reasonable period of time contributes in delivering better business performance as compared to the standalone implementation strategy. Research limitations/implications The study has its own limitations because of its chosen research approach. As the data in this study were collected from production management personnel on the basis of their subjective evaluations, more comprehensive objective performance indicators shall be employed for comparative assessment of manufacturing practices in future studies. In-depth case studies are needed to further validate the findings of the research study. Practical implications The analytical results reveal that an integrated TQM–TPM strategic implementation can systematically contribute toward realization of significant improvement in manufacturing business performance parameters. The results of this study are vital for production managers and senior management personnel of manufacturing firms that have implemented TQM and are considering introducing TPM in their organization (or vice-versa). Originality/value This empirical study signifies the need for strategically aligning and managing various production improvement ideologies for realization of an organization’s growth and sustainability in a long run. In particular, this paper invigorates the discussion about improving the synergy between maintenance and quality functions in the organization for meeting the challenges of highly competitive market environment.

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Lean Six Sigma applications in the textile industry: a case study

Cited by 46 publications

References 37 publications

Lean Six Sigma in Brazil: a literature review

Lean Six Sigma in Brazil: a literature review

A health technology assessment between two pharmacological therapies through Six Sigma: the case study of bone cancer

An empirical exploration of TQM, TPM and their integration from Indian manufacturing industry

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