Lean Six Sigma for sustainable business practices

Author

Muralidharan, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Stat., Maharajah Sayajirao Univ. of Baroda, Vadodara, India

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) modifies the DMAIC approach by emphasizing speed. Lean focuses on streamlining a process by identifying and removing non-value added steps. A leaned production process eliminates waste. Target metrics include zero wait time, zero inventory, scheduling using customer pull, cutting batch sizes to improve flow, line balancing, and reducing overall process time. Lean Six Sigma´s goal is to produce quality products that meet customer requirements as efficiently and effectively as possible. In this article, we present various Lean performance characteristics that can be effectively used for improving a sustainable business process.

Keywords

inventory management; lean production; product quality; scheduling; six sigma (quality); sustainable development; DMAIC; customer pull; cutting batch sizes; lean performance; lean six sigma; line balancing; product quality; scheduling; sustainable business process; zero inventory; zero wait time;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO) (Trends and Future Directions), 2014 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Noida

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6895-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRITO.2014.7014660

Filename

7014660