The integration of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and sustainability: A literature review and future research directions for developing a specific model

A Cherrafi, S Elfezazi, A Chiarini, A Mokhlis… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to present a review and an analysis of the literature concerning
a possible model for integrating three management systems: lean manufacturing, Six Sigma …

Integrating fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies into the water, energy & food nexus for sustainable security: A bibliometric analysis

LO David, NI Nwulu, CO Aigbavboa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The technologies of the fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR/Industry 4.0) have been a
technological catalyst for all fields of human endeavor, permeating the water, energy, and …

Building information modelling, lean and sustainability: An integration framework to promote performance improvements in the construction industry

F Mellado, ECW Lou - Sustainable cities and society, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction industry is known for its fragmentation, poor performance and negative
impacts on the environment. In recent years, Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean …

Examining legitimatisation of additive manufacturing in the interplay between innovation, lean manufacturing and sustainability

A Ghobadian, I Talavera, A Bhattacharya… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In response to hypercompetition, globalisation and increasing consumer expectations, many
manufacturing firms have embraced lean manufacturing (LM). The primary goal of LM is to …

Green synthesis of biomethanol—Managing food waste for carbon footprint and bioeconomy

S Mishra, PK Singh, P Mohanty, TK Adhya… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
Various microbial treatments and value-added transformations to treat and manage wastes
including food wastes (FW) from numerous sources have emerged as leading concepts. The …

Increasing production and eliminating waste through lean tools and techniques for halal food companies

M Manzouri, MN Ab-Rahman, CR Che Mohd Zain… - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
Major businesses around the world have been trying to reduce the total cost and wastes
across their supply chain to remain competitive in the expanding global market. Hence, a …

Development of sustainable manufacturing performance evaluation expert system for small and medium enterprises

S Singh, EU Olugu, SN Musa - Procedia CIRP, 2016 - Elsevier
This study proposes a fuzzy rule based expert system for sustainable manufacturing
performance assessment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The initial set of …

A bibliometric and network analysis of Lean and Clean (er) production research (1990/2017)

R Taddeo, A Simboli, F Di Vincenzo… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, the renewed interest in environmental issues has gradually required
manufacturers to simultaneously pursue a more rational use of resources and a reduction in …

Strategy selection for sustainable manufacturing with integrated AHP-VIKOR method under interval-valued fuzzy environment

S Singh, EU Olugu, SN Musa, AB Mahat… - The International Journal …, 2016 - Springer
Selection of an appropriate sustainability strategy is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM)
problem for manufacturing organizations due to incommensurate and conflicting evaluation …

A conceptual examination of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma models for managing waste in manufacturing SMEs

HS Sodhi, D Singh, BJ Singh - World Journal of Science, Technology …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate various Lean, Six Sigma and
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) models proposed by various researchers, which have been …