Lean-Six Sigma Approach put into Practice in an Empirical Study

Miguélez, Martínez S.; Errasti, Ander; Alberto, Jorge

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-5349-8_30

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“…However, the choice of implementation approach for LSS is vital for the success of the initiative (Jeyaraman and Teo, 2010). As such, many authors tend to differentiate LSS from "pure" Six Sigma by first introducing fundamental Lean mapping techniques such as value stream mapping (VSM) (Bendell, 2006;Engelund et al, 2009;Miguélez et al, 2014;Thomas et al, 2008) to enhance the focus on increased value added before deploying the DMAIC approach. Thus, we suggest that an LSS deployment begins first with a VSM exercise to identify areas of waste (both type of waste and place of occurrence), before the DMAIC cycle is deployed to understand, quantify, reduce and/or eliminate them.…”

Section: Implementation Of Lssmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lean Six Sigma and environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer

Powell

Lundeby²,

Chabada

et al. 2017

IJLSS

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the application of Lean Six Sigma in the continuous process industry, taking insight into the food processing industry; and to evaluate the impact of Lean Six Sigma on environmental sustainability. We present observations and experiences from the application of Lean Six Sigma at a Norwegian dairy producer, with the aim of bringing out pertinent factors and useful insights that help us to understand how Lean Six Sigma can contribute towards greater environmental sustainability in this industry type, something that is so far lacking in the extant literature.Design/methodology/approach: We adopt a single, longitudinal field study approach as we observe an entire cycle of the VSM-DMAIC Lean Six Sigma process, which evolved over a six-month period at the dairy. Findings:We highlight some of the important elements that should be considered when using LSS as a contributor towards greater environmental sustainability in fresh food supply chains. We also present some of the specific outcomes and key success criteria that became apparent to the implementation team following the deployment of the VSM-DMAIC approach. Originality/value:We demonstrate how Lean Six Sigma can be applied in the food processing industry as a contributor to greater environmental sustainability. We also make 2 useful reflections regarding the success criteria that can be used by researchers and practitioners for the effective deployment of such an approach, particularly in the continuous process industry.

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Section: Implementation Of Lssmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lean Six Sigma and environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer

Powell

Lundeby²,

Chabada

et al. 2017

IJLSS

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119

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“…The researchers have been advocated performing the action research process, which is a variation of the case study where the researcher is not an independent observer but a participant in the process, to develop and refine the DMAIC methodology within a lean improvement program (Migu elez et al, 2014). Therefore, and as advocated by Coughlan and Coghlan (2002), the action research was evidenced to be an effective method not only to document and report the experiences and lessons learnt by the authors while carrying out the Sus-VSM but also to test it and draw conclusions regarding its effectiveness.…”

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“…Lean manufacturing (LM) was first established for the Japan-based Toyota Production System by Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo in the 1950s (Herron & Hicks, 2008). It has since gained a large following by various industries worldwide, spreading the waste (muda) reduction concept (Migu elez, Errasti, & Alberto, 2014). In the manufacturing world today, LM is regarded as the most prominent concept due to its empirically-proven ability to improve organizational competitiveness (Hines, Holweg, & Rich, 2004) via the reduction of inventories and lead-times and improvement of productivity and quality (Abdul Wahab, Mukhtar, & Sulaiman, 2013).…”

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“…Apart from the powerful lean approach that is primarily centered on waste (muda) elimination, another equally powerful tool is used predominantly for inconsistency (mura) elimination or process variation (Migu elez et al, 2014). The worldwide application of Six Sigma is testimony of its significant role in facilitating organizational success as attested by many firms.…”

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“…For organizations to acquire the benefits offered by both strategies, a standard operational framework for executing LSS is an apparent necessity (Migu elez et al, 2014;Powell et al, 2017). Lean implementation is executable using several frameworks, but Six Sigma undoubtedly resorts to the DMAIC framework (Thomas et al, 2008;Garza-Reyes, Flint, Kumar, Antony, & Soriano-Meier, 2014), as previously discussed.…”

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DMAIC-based approach to sustainable value stream mapping: towards a sustainable manufacturing system

Jamil

Gholami

Saman

et al. 2020

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

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The research for this article was built upon the discussion concerning sustainable value stream mapping (Sus-VSM), which had recently emerged towards advancing sustainable manufacturing systems. Research on this sustainable-oriented lean tool has been confined to only a handful of studies only. Specifically, the lack of a continuous improvement process, where subsequent value stream developmental maps can be established to continue the cycle, is highlighted as a notable shortfall of this application. To fill the gap, this paper proposes a methodological approach, based on the DMAIC improvement cycle, to systematically implement and conduct Sus-VSM studies. The proposed methodology is practically validated with an industrial case to support this narrow body of knowledge. The research findings revealed that a DMAIC-based approach can be effectively applied to systematize the Sus-VSM towards sustainable manufacturing. The paper also provides a guiding reference for operations managers who wish to undertake similar improvement projects and make their manufacturing operations more sustainable, and, hopefully, inspire other researchers and practitioners to broaden the study of this under-researched field, which is now receiving growing interest in various industries.

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The application of Green Lean Six Sigma

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Green Lean Six Sigma has been recently clarified to improve the environmental sustainability performance of operations, but it seems glaringly scarce and in need of cutting-edge studies to integrate the concepts of green, lean, and Six Sigma into one unified application. This paper is accordingly aimed at constituting the application of Green Lean Six Sigma as a cleaner production. In doing so, a Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC)-based approach that is one of Six Sigma's well-known methods was proposed to systematize a Green Lean tool-environmental value stream mapping. Thus, this paper as one of the preliminary studies aligns environmental value stream mapping with DMAIC through presenting the proposed methodological approach, which relies on the five DMAIC phases-Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control-and considers green wastes in each phase simultaneously. To support the narrow body of knowledge, this proposed approach was validated via the action research-oriented case study implemented in the substrate manufacturing system that seeks to develop the environmental sustainability of its production processes and subsequently its general competitiveness. The findings indicated the effectiveness of a DMAIC-based approach in systematizing environmental value stream mapping and improving its efficacy to achieve environmental sustainability. The case analysis revealed that the application can significantly lessen the consumption of chemicals and energy in the system by 28% and 21%, respectively.

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Lean-Six Sigma Approach put into Practice in an Empirical Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Lean Six Sigma and environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer

Lean Six Sigma and environmental sustainability: the case of a Norwegian dairy producer

DMAIC-based approach to sustainable value stream mapping: towards a sustainable manufacturing system

The application of Green Lean Six Sigma

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