scholarly journals A Systematic Literature Review of Six Sigma Implementation’s Benefit to the Organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Adi Permana ◽  
Edward Steven ◽  
Humiras Hardi Purba
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma

Academic leadership and Lean Six Sigma

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1002-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Anthony ◽  
Jiju Antony
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the ability to researchers of using design of experiments (DoE) as a structured and systematic approach to performing systematic literature reviews. The authors demonstrate a simple case study illustrating the application of DoE in executing a systematic literature review on two popular topics in higher education: academic leadership and Lean Six Sigma. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology involves the systematic literature review of linking academic leadership with terms such as Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Maturity Model and Continuous Improvement. The main tool used to structure the systematic literature review is a Taguchi Orthogonal Array design, specifically an L16 grid and the method is verified by conducting another review, replacing the term academic leadership with simply leadership. Findings – The approach identified at first no research papers linking the terms; however, when academic leadership was replaced with university, 19 research papers where discovered. The verification exercise, linking just leadership with the other search string generated over 1,000 results – demonstrating that the tool can find large volumes of articles if they exist, the search was completed for a ten year time frame – 2004 to 2014. Research limitations/implications – The case study focussed on a field which is known to have little current research and the verification exercise deliberately targeted a known large body of research. The authors will continue to use the approach and refine the technique over time. Practical implications – This approach would help any researcher despite of their discipline to identify opportunities and gaps in the current literature. Originality/value – The paper shows how DoE can be used in an academic research-based process. No other literature review approach currently exists which uses Taguchi approach to DoE to filter the search criteria.

A systematic literature review of Six Sigma practices in education

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Cudney ◽  
Cassandra C. Elrod ◽  
Sarah M. Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma

A systematic literature review of Lean Six Sigma in financial services: key finding and analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 331
Author(s):  
V. Raja Sreedharan ◽  
Murugan Pattusamy ◽  
Smriti Mohan ◽  
D. Jinil Persis
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Lean Six Sigma

Key Criticisms of Six Sigma: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 950-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sony ◽  
Jiju Antony ◽  
Sung Park ◽  
Michael Mutingi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma

scholarly journals A systematic literature review of lean six sigma

2020 ◽  
Vol 1003 ◽  
pp. 012096
Author(s):  
Aulia Ishak ◽  
Khawarita Siregar ◽  
Rosnani Ginting ◽  
Dinda Gustia
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Lean Six Sigma

Six Sigma and SMEs: a critical review of literature

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil V. Deshmukh ◽  
Ashish Chavan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Six Sigma Methodology ◽  
Six Sigma Approach

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to capture the evolution and status of utilization of the Six Sigma philosophy in the development of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as to document prominent development of practices through a systematic literature review.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted for this study used the principles of content analysis and deductive reasoning vis‐à‐vis various sub domains of Six Sigma methodology pertaining to industries in general and SMEs in particular.FindingsThe literature revealed that: Management's commitment is most important in SME Six sigma implementation. Benefits of Six Sigma have been enjoyed largely by the bigger industrial units and to a relatively lesser extent by the smaller units, i.e. SMEs. Quality management culture has largely been ignored or given less importance in the SME sector, which is evident from the meagre literature. There is a dearth of clear and SME‐specific methodologies (for Six Sigma approach) for quality improvement and there are far fewer models for quality improvement in the SME sector.Originality/valueIt has been found, on the basis of a systematic literature review approach (used in this paper), that quality management and development in SMEs needs to be done in a planned manner using Six Sigma roadmap.

Six sigma project prioritization and selection methods: a systematic literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Pakdil
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Selection Methods ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gut Feelings

Purpose Given the critical role of project prioritization and selection process in Six Sigma efforts, this study aims to analyse the relevant literature to answer this question: What types of project prioritization and selection methods have been used in Six Sigma research? Design/methodology/approach The study implemented the systematic literature review (SLR) method to identify and review all relevant previous studies. Findings The study revealed that 59 articles focused on the topic used 111 methods, analytic hierarchy process appeared as the most frequently used method with 12 articles (20%) and one-third of the methods used in the current Six Sigma project selection literature contained multi-criteria decision-making methods. In total, 61% of 59 articles were not published in the journals ranked by the ABDC’s list. Only 17% of the articles reviewed in this study were published in journals ranked as B category and 12% of the articles were published in A category journals. Practical implications The findings of this literature review may help Six Sigma practitioners and researchers accurately identify project prioritization and selection methods, considering that qualitative and quantitative scientific methods guarantee to make better decisions than “gut feelings” of the decision makers in this process. Originality/value Although a variety of studies focused on the topic, an SLR is lacking in the area of Six Sigma project prioritization and selection. Therefore, this study was constructed using the SLR method to analyse the topic.

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