Lean, six sigma and lean sigma: fads or real process improvement methods?

作者: Dag Näslund

DOI: 10.1108/14637150810876634

关键词: Lean project managementProduct (category theory)Critical success factorSix SigmaOperations managementLean manufacturingComputer scienceLean laboratoryTotal quality managementLean Six Sigma

摘要: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore if six sigma and lean are new methods, or they repackaged versions previously popular methods total quality management (TQM) just‐in‐time (JIT).Design/methodology/approach study based on a critical comparison with JIT TQM, the measure publication frequency number academic articles published every year previous 30 years for each topic, review success factors (CSF) change efforts.Findings more recent concepts have mainly replaced but not necessarily added TQM. essentially former, seem follow fad (product) life cycle. literature offers fairly similar rather general CSF these e.g. top support importance communication information. What seems be missing, however, need ...

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