Purpose This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework of the implementation of the
contact points (CPs) between Lean Six Sigma practices and Industry 4.0 technologies …

Purpose: Despite the significant attention that Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) has gained in the last
decade, little importance has been given to shop-floor workers' role in effectively …

The global industrial landscape has deeply changed over the last few years and the Industry
4.0 concept has emerged, being enabled by successive disruptive innovations and …

Today, industries are compelled to manufacture the products of excellent quality to meet the
ever-increasing consumer demands competitively. Hence, implementing Industry 4.0 is …

The presence of robots in industrial environments is a well-established reality in Industry 4.0
and an absolute necessity in Industry 5.0, with human–robot collaboration (HRC) at the …

Continuous improvement in the manufacturing industries is the prime requirement to make
the organization profitable. Lean manufacturing and six sigma are old techniques to improve …

This paper investigates the industry practices regarding the combinative use of Industry 4.0
and lean tools in the manufacturing sector. Following review of the literature, a questionnaire …

In the last decade, industry across the globe has been under a massive change in its
manufacturing paradigm triggered by the emergence of concepts such as Industry 4.0 …

Value stream mapping (VSM) is a well-established method for analyzing production
processes, material flow and information flow. Despite extensive benefits, conducting VSM …

The impact of Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) and its enabling technologies in the Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
approach have been widely discussed by practitioners and researchers in the last decade …