Purpose This paper aims to develop an initial understanding of the Lean Six Sigma
methodology since its inception and examine the few Lean Six Sigma dimensions as a …

The literature on Six Sigma from 417 referred journal articles in business and management
disciplines, information systems and computer science, engineering, healthcare, etc. were …

Purpose–Twenty-five years ago IJPDLM published “Integrating the Supply Chain”(Stevens,
1989). The purpose of that original work was to examine the state-of-the-art in supply chain …

Lean manufacturing and six sigma methodologies have been widely used in a large number
of companies worldwide. However, many companies have found it difficult to successfully …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and our perspective of recent research
and applications of statistical process monitoring. The focus is on work done over the past …

Six Sigma y Manufactura Esbelta son enfoques de mejora de la calidad y productividad que
han sido implementados con gran éxito en grandes empresas a nivel mundial, en el ámbito …

As an important source of competitive advantage, new service development (NSD) is widely
used by service firms for new developments. Since creative ideas are crucial to NSD and …

Purpose Organizations and their members operate in increasingly complex, dynamic and
even disruptive environments, with risk and uncertainty being major challenges. To that …

Six Sigma is a business strategy that helps organizations to improve organizational
efficiencies and customer satisfaction; it decreases operating costs and increases profits …

Improving Mathematics at Work questions the mathematical knowledge and skills that matter
in the twenty-first century world of work, and studies how the use of mathematics in the …