A comparative exploration of lean manufacturing and six sigma in terms of their critical success factors

Alhuraish, Ibrahim; Robledo, Christian; Kobi, Abdessamad

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.146

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“…And cultural influences play an important role in the interpretation and implementation of lean manufacturing critical success factors [24]. In a case study, a traditional production model transformed to lean manufacturing model by reducing wastes, standardizing works, internal logistics, workplace designing and changing layout in an electronics assembly line.…”

Section: Lean Principles and Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lean manufacturing: Trends and implementation issues

Duraković

Demir²,

Abat³

et al. 2018

PEN

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Many manufacturing cost reduction initiatives have been introduced over past three decades including lean manufacturing. Waste reduction and efficiency improvement are the main objectives of this initiative. It is developed from a set of tools and techniques and can fit nicely in cost focus or cost leadership competitive advantage strategies. But, keeping competitive advantage under the market circumstances are getting harder with growth of production quantity and product diversity. Therefore, paper's focus is lean manufacturing implementation trends and issues within the various manufacturing sector. Successes and failures of implementation of lean manufacturing in some industries are discussed. It was found that lean principles are good source of competitive advantage, it is applicable for many industries and its expansion and discussion are significantly progressing. The biggest threat in implementing lean is lack of understanding the concept but those who engage consultants were more successful.

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Section: Lean Principles and Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lean manufacturing: Trends and implementation issues

Duraković

Demir²,

Abat³

et al. 2018

PEN

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“…Top Management Commitment, project selection, leadership, [6,19,23,[58][59]. Despite great deal of variation in introducing different CSFs for LSS implementation depending upon the size, type and region of organisations, top management commitment was almost unanimously suggested by scholars as the most crucial readiness factor for providing required resources, promoting and qualification polices, and a successful LSS implementation [6,19,58,[60][61]. Nevertheless, a conceptual prioritisation analysis of many different LSS research articles revealed "Training" as the most referred success factors for LSS implementation in SMEs [24].…”

Section: Therefore the Critical Success Factors (Csfs) Of Any Lss Prmentioning

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Reducing the Scrap Rate in Manufacturing SMEs Through Lean Six Sigma Methodology: An Action Research

Shokri

2019

IEEE Eng. Manag. Rev.

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The aim of this project was to investigate operational benefits of the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology to reduce the scrap rate in the production line of a first tier supplier of automotive sector. This is an action research case study using LSS methodology in fully automated subprocess of the manufacturers. The implementation of LSS methodology had an effective and significant impact on the scrap rate reduction with increased First Run Yield (FRY) with significant financial impact at this scale. The research investigation needs to be fully controlled by the team in order to correctly gauge the effect of any changes made to the process. This action research can be replicated in other sub-processes of the production line and other processes of the company. This project addresses novelty about effectiveness of LSS methodology to reduce scrap rate and add value to automated processes in first-tier manufacturing SMEs supplying automotive sector. The project had greater saving than expected by the managers at £98k per annum. The approach of this research project combines proven statistical tools with some basic but effective lean tools to be applied in an original sequence in order to design robust product and match manufacturing capabilities.

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“…Recent studies by Alhuraish, Robledo and Kobi [25] propose a list of 13 critical success factors, where Managerial commitment is the first, but other important factors can be identified, including communication, training for everyone involved, abilities and skills acquired, as well as knowledge transfer at all administrative levels, all of which must be encouraged by senior management. Similarly, Mustafa and Jamaluddin [1] determine that Managerial commitment is the basis for successful SS, since managers are responsible for both steering the company through their actions and properly managing the knowledge that is generated during projects.…”

Section: Managerial Commitment (Mc)mentioning

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Mediating Role of the Six Sigma Implementation Strategy and Investment in Human Resources in Economic Success and Sustainability

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Six Sigma is a methodology widely used in manufacturing production to guarantee quality and several factors facilitate its success. This paper presents a structural equations model to identify the relationships between managerial commitment, Six Sigma implementation strategy, investments in human resources and the economic benefits obtained; and five hypotheses are proposed. These variables are also related to sustainability, especially human resources, a paradigm very combinable with Six Sigma. The model is evaluated using partial least squares and information obtained from 301 Mexican manufacturing companies from different industrial sectors. The results indicate that managerial commitment is the basis for Six Sigma success, but requires an adequate implementation strategy focused on customers and their needs, which must integrate an investment plan in human resources that is focused on training and teamwork. In addition, managers must have a reward program that encourages motivation and recognizes the achievements of the human resources involved.

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A comparative exploration of lean manufacturing and six sigma in terms of their critical success factors

Cited by 128 publications

References 80 publications

Lean manufacturing: Trends and implementation issues

Lean manufacturing: Trends and implementation issues

Reducing the Scrap Rate in Manufacturing SMEs Through Lean Six Sigma Methodology: An Action Research

Mediating Role of the Six Sigma Implementation Strategy and Investment in Human Resources in Economic Success and Sustainability

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