Analysis and modeling the enablers of Green Lean Six Sigma implementation using Interpretive Structural Modeling

Kaswan, Mahender Singh; Rathi, Rajeev

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.253

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“…Although, lean application has a positive and strong effect on environmental impact [36], research studies have emphasized that lean cannot fully remove the root causes of operational and environmental wastes, as it lacks a systematic and scientific approach in controlling manufacturing processes [55]. Further, lean individually cannot overcome problems of defect detection and reduction in the process to address environmental concerns [56]. On the other hand, green is incapable of addressing the variability issues in the process which leads to the environmental wastes [56].…”

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“…Further, lean individually cannot overcome problems of defect detection and reduction in the process to address environmental concerns [56]. On the other hand, green is incapable of addressing the variability issues in the process which leads to the environmental wastes [56]. While green manufacturing includes application of a decision support system and expert system [9], these techniques lack effective problem-solving approach [57].…”

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“…For example, Mishra [25] has identified five critical success factors of GLSS which are: (1) management and employee commitment, (2) organization's readiness to execute GLSS strategy, (3) selection and prioritization of GLSS projects, (4) provision of resources and training for GLSS implementation, and (5) focus on evaluation and results of GLSS program. Kaswan and Rathi [56] have determined 12 critical success factors and prioritize seven of these (based on experts' opinions) [90] by utilizing the best worst method (BWM), which can facilitate organizations in ranking these factors at the preliminary stage of GLSS program. The study finally concluded with three success factors as the crucial ones: (a) organization's willingness for GLSS performance measures, (b) leadership commitment towards environmental sustainability, and (c) the alignment of GLSS strategy with business objectives.…”

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“…Additionally, the propositions made in this study need to be validated by conducting further studies and specific factors need to be identified that support the propositions. 15 Kaswan and Rathi [56] The authors have developed a GLSS enablers model through interpretive structure modelling.…”

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Investigating the Theoretical Constructs of a Green Lean Six Sigma Approach towards Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Directions

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Green lean six sigma (GLSS) is an emerging approach towards environmental sustainability in conjunction with operational achievements. The success of this approach is premised on an understanding of the different components of a GLSS program; being the determinants for its outcomes. The aim of this paper is to investigate the various constructs of GLSS that play an essential role in achieving environmental sustainability. For this purpose, a systematic review of available literature has been conducted to evaluate the drivers, enablers (tools), and outcomes of a GLSS strategy as well as its critical success factors and barriers. Findings reveal that these constructs of GLSS as a holistic approach can facilitate an organization to better accomplish environmental objectives such as waste minimization, emission reduction, and resource conservation as compared to constructs of only one or any two of these strategies. Based on the analysis, an integrated GLSS framework is developed for environmental sustainability in addition to identifying vital research gaps and future directions.

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“…Despitegreater number of research studies on the impact of LSS on greener manufacturing in the point of view of product, design and even supply chain(Kaswan and Rathi, 2019; Seedharan et al, 2018; Chugani el al, 2017;Garza-Reyes, et al, 2017;Worley and Doolen, 2015), there is not enough focus on conflicting factors in the point of view of energy consumption in actual LSS project life cycle. This obliges researchers and managers in the manufacturing sector to enforce more consideration into the environmental impact of the actual LSS projects.…”

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Green implementation of Lean Six Sigma projects in the manufacturing sector

Shokri

2020

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Purpose Historically, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation has demonstrated a great deal of enhancement to process efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. The emerging market pressure for developing better quality, cheaper and greener products invokes a change of view in LSS economical effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to identify under which condition the final output of LSS projects with traditional strategic benefits are more environmentally friendly. Design/methodology/approach To investigate the choice of different types of LSS projects, the environmental impact under different conditions and the comparison of those conditions, the author developed an analytical mathematical model and analysed four different propositions. Findings The final price and production volume were recommended as mediating factors to leverage an LSS project to achieve a greener, customised and finance-oriented outputs. Research limitations/implications This research contributes to existing LSS research and knowledge development via promoting the different perspectives of LSS and environmental sustainability integration. Practical implications This study further enables managers to identify the cut-off point in relation to the production volume and finished prices to leverage the expected financial outputs and environmental impact of the LSS project. This would potentially promote a green LSS project in both implementation and output, alongside its traditional values. Originality/value This study uses a modelling approach to identify the conditions under which the actual methodology of the LSS project could be green via less energy consumption with consideration of expected LSS values and outcomes.

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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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Analysis and modeling the enablers of Green Lean Six Sigma implementation using Interpretive Structural Modeling

Cited by 169 publications

References 43 publications

Investigating the Theoretical Constructs of a Green Lean Six Sigma Approach towards Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Directions

Investigating the Theoretical Constructs of a Green Lean Six Sigma Approach towards Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Directions

Green implementation of Lean Six Sigma projects in the manufacturing sector

The application of Green Lean Six Sigma

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