Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production

Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production

Edem G. Tetteh, Benedict M. Uzochukwu

Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 343

ISBN13: 9781466673205|ISBN10: 1466673206|EISBN13: 9781466673212

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7320-5

Cite Book Cite Book

MLA

Tetteh, Edem G., and Benedict M. Uzochukwu, editors. Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production. IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7320-5

APA

Tetteh, E. G. & Uzochukwu, B. M. (Eds.). (2015). Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7320-5

Chicago

Tetteh, Edem G., and Benedict M. Uzochukwu, eds. Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7320-5

Export Reference

Favorite Full-Book Download

Lean Six Sigma has evolved progressively over time from quality efforts within an enterprise that are independent, to complex systems changing the concept from a simple network to complex alliance formation among firms. The changes created by these transformations present novel challenges and issues to new and established businesses alike.

Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Manufacturing, Services, and Production presents emerging research-based trends in the area of global quality lean six sigma networks and analysis. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach focusing on research, cases, and emerging technologies, this title provides insight and support to researchers, students, executives, managers, and practitioners concerned with the management of quality and efficiency across industries.

Table of Contents

Reset

Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Chapter 1

Total Quality Management Practices in Multinational Corporations (pages 1-26)

Kijpokin Kasemsap

This chapter introduces the practices of Total Quality Management (TQM) in multinational corporations, thus explaining the history, overview, concept, and the various components of TQM. TQM practices and organizational culture, TQM...

Chapter 2

Enterprise Resource Planning and Lean Six Sigma (pages 27-54)

Raymond Boykin

Over the last two decades, two of the hottest topics in business have been Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Lean Six Sigma. Companies have spent millions of dollars implementing both of these, and the resulting benefits have...

Chapter 3

A Framework for Nondestructive Evaluation Application in Supply Chain Management (pages 55-88)

Benedict M. Uzochukwu, Chandan B. Samantaray, Caleb Woodies

This chapter introduces a general framework for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) application in Supply Chain Management (SCM). With the support of emerging and existing technologies related to supply chain implementation...

Chapter 4

Improving Supply Chain Delivery Performance Using Lean Six Sigma (pages 89-117)

Alfred L. Guiffrida, Kelly O. Weeks, Lihua Chen

Models for evaluating and improving delivery performance play an important role in the management of supply chains. A review of supply chain delivery models that use Six Sigma methodologies indicate that the models are limited to...

Chapter 5

An Assessment of Lean Communication at a Nuclear Power Plant (pages 118-146)

Edem G. Tetteh, Yao Amewokunu

Communication is the sharing of information between individuals or groups to reach common understanding or goals. Ensuring effective and efficient communication is important when dealing with complex structures such as a nuclear...

Chapter 6

Lean Continuous Improvement Builds Excellence and Engagement (pages 147-173)

Tom Huckabee

The current management literature is replete with advocates for employee engagement. Not many would argue that engendering ownership and responsibility along with the reported organizational benefits are worth aspiring to achieve....

Chapter 7

Manufacturing Production Companies Can Gain Strategic Global Advantage Using Lean Six Sigma (pages 174-201)

Alton L. Kornegay

How the implementation of Lean Six Sigma in manufacturing production companies in the global environment can positively affect innovation, quality, education, productivity, standard of living, and ethics is discussed in this chapter....

Chapter 8

Data Fusion Aiding Tool (DAFAT) Design for Emergency Command and Control Using Lean Principles (pages 202-230)

Obafemi Balogun, Edem G. Tetteh

Disaster events, such as September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, and the Southeast Asian Tsunami, have taught America and the world the importance of preparing for emergency response to a disaster that may arise from natural disasters...

Chapter 9

Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare: A Review of Theory and Practice (pages 231-261)

Mohamed Gamal Aboelmaged

The chapter clarifies emerging aspects and trends of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in healthcare through the systematic examination of 162 peer-reviewed articles in business, management, and healthcare disciplines that have been published...

Chapter 10

An Assessment of Leadership Traits and the Success of Six Sigma Projects (pages 262-303)

David Lee Chamblee Jr.

In this chapter, more effective green belt leaders rated themselves higher than less effective green belt leaders on the following traits: articulate, perceptive, self-confident, self-assured, and determined. In addition, the more...

Back Materials

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

Index

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.

Username or email: *

Password: *

Forgot individual login password?

Create individual account