{"title":"Factory-in-factory concept as a new business model for automotive production system","authors":"Mohd. Ani, S. Kamaruddin, I. Azid","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022878","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, a review of the continuous improvement program concepts and applications, as employed in the automotive manufacturing ecosystem, is analysed based on published articles. The objective of this study is to develop a systematic factory-in-factory (FiF) framework of the production system by minimising wastes according to the unresolved issues of the current continuous improvement program. The outcomes obtained from the evaluation of the current trend in the continuous improvement programs show that even though the establishment of continuous improvement has been a key to a successful business model, there are significant unresolved issues with regards to the vendors. To solve the problem, the future trend of a business model in the automotive tier system has been introduced which is tier-0 and a new production system known as factory-in-factory (FiF). The objectives of the new production system are to minimise costs and shorten the lead time through wastes elimination.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73353397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A proposed model for the effect of entrepreneurship on total quality management implementation: an applied study on dairy and juice manufacturing companies in Egypt","authors":"Amal F. Soliman","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022898","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurship becomes a central issue for research in the developing countries. To date no study clarified how corporate entrepreneurship affects TQM implementation. This study aims at empirically investigates the significant impact of corporate entrepreneurship on TQM implementation in the Egyptian dairy and fruit juice companies. In contrast, most of the previous studies illustrated the effect of entrepreneurship on many factors rather than TQM or they correlated one of entrepreneurship sub-dimensions to TQM implementation. The initial sample in this research consisted of 900 employees who had been contacted by telephone. Overall, the results indicate that the six entrepreneurship variables significantly affect TQM implementation. Entrepreneur's skills sub-variable has the highest effect while product characteristics had the lowest effect. These findings contribute to increasing the knowledge about corporate entrepreneurship constructs and clarifying how these constructs affect TQM implementation in a developing country such as Egypt.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83840399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Variations of length of stay: a case study using control charts in the CRISP-DM framework","authors":"Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard, F. Megahed, F. Pakdil","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022899","url":null,"abstract":"In-patient length of stay (LOS) at hospitals is considered a critical 'catch-all' metric because it is widely used to measure the overall efficiency of healthcare services. The goal of this paper is to effectively analyse and monitor hospital LOS to help improve healthcare quality. Given the fact that abnormal LOS results in increasing cost for all stakeholders, this study proposes a new framework based on cross-industry standard process for data mining framework (CRISP-DM) and Six Sigma methodology, including control charts for monitoring and improving LOS. The utility of the proposed method is demonstrated through a case study involving 11,722 internal medicine patients at a large hospital in Southwest Virginia. Outcomes of this study have potential to support decision makers at hospitals to detect abnormal LOS by identifying effective and efficient ways to minimise it, thereby reducing costs.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"195 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74484641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic sigma-TRIZ solution model for manufacturing improvement and innovation, case study in Thailand","authors":"Jakrapong Karnjanasomwong, N. Thawesaengskulthai","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10022873","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research is to examine how improvement and innovation methodology can be practically implemented in manufacturing area in Thailand. Six Sigma is considered an essential methodology approaching for product and process improvement. The methodology applies five Six Sigma phases, define, measure, analyse, improve and control (DMAIC) for resolving the respected problems which demonstrated a lot of successful stories for decades. This paper is an attempt to introduce new model of manufacturing improvement and innovation which mainly based on DMAIC phases. Dynamic sigma-TRIZ solution model is proposed to enhance the opportunity of deploying improvement and creating innovative solutions in manufacturing process whereas that dynamic sigma-TRIZ principle matrix database was created from 107 examined projects and also keep updating regularly once additional problems or opportunities got resolved. The paper discussed the real-life cases when dynamic sigma-TRIZ solution model was implemented successfully in resolving manufacturing problems in different aspects.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89700571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of specification limits and control limits from the perspective of Six Sigma quality processes","authors":"J. Ravichandran","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020040","url":null,"abstract":"While specification limits represent voice of the customer, control limits address voice of the process. Specification limits and control limits are treated as independent entities until modified control limits are proposed which stress the need for control limits to keep satisfying specification requirements as well. High quality processes always attempt to provide products right the first time where specification requirements are checked for controlled processes. This calls for a strong link between control limits and specification limits. A house of quality-like representation can be used to describe such a link. It is preferred to intertwine the features of specification limits with the construction of control limits to achieve right the first time. In this paper, a critical review on specification limits and control limits is made from the perspective of Six Sigma quality and the need for a strong bond between the two is stressed.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"132 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76154911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Lean Six Sigma framework in a large scale industry: a case study","authors":"R. Trehan, Ajay Gupta, Mohit Handa","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020012","url":null,"abstract":"In the present competitive scenario most of the companies are using improvement strategies like lean and Six Sigma for obtaining good quality products, reduction in overall cost and for enhancing availability of equipment. Lean and Six Sigma are two different tools which are used in combination for operational excellence. It provides a framework for waste reduction and elimination of non-value added activities along with variability reduction tools. Lean tools reduce the waste and non-value adding activity and enhance the effectiveness of equipment, tools and machines. Six Sigma tools helps in decision making based on data which finally reduce the variability in the process. In this case study, Lean Six Sigma framework is implemented to reduce the defects which occurred during the manufacturing process in a bulb manufacturing company in India. The framework used combines the lean as well as Six Sigma tools to mitigate the defects and increase the customer satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85246692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of lean practices in manufacturing industries: an ISM approach","authors":"M. Chand, Suraj, O. P. Mishra","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020041","url":null,"abstract":"The role of lean manufacturing (LM) has increased with an increase competition in global market. A customer wants to buy a product at the lowest possible price without compromising quality. To overcome this problem, the role of lean manufacturing has been introduced. Lean manufacturing is capable for waste reduction without compromising both quality and productivity. To fulfil this purpose, 13 practices of LM have been identified through literature review and expert opinions from academics and industry experts. To identify the cross impact of LM practices, an interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach have been utilised to find interrelation between these LM practices using MICMAC analysis. Results of this analysis are highly beneficial towards the implementation in industries getting lean.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77337817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of components and parameters contributing to noise in transmission through the use of Shainin techniques","authors":"R. Mandloi, R. C. Gupta, N. Tiwari","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020036","url":null,"abstract":"Growing expectation from global market poses challenges to the manufacturing industries to provide the best quality products at a competitive price. Cost of poor quality has gone up significantly with the traditional approach of controlling the quality. Traditional approaches are not very effective in solving chronic quality issues. In order to meet up the global expectation, organisation needs to explore effective and fast approaches which utilise various advanced techniques to solve chronic quality issues. This paper demonstrates the systematic use of Shainin techniques to solve chronic quality problem of noise from automotive transmission. Transmission is a complex system having many subassemblies, components and each component in turn has multiple parameters contributing to noise makes transmission noise an extremely complex multi-factorial problem. Shainin techniques known as component search and paired comparison have been used sequentially to identify components and subsequently the parameters of components contributing to the noise in the transmission.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87745700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying Lean Six Sigma methods to improve infectious waste management in hospitals","authors":"Nasim Nabiyouni, M. Franchetti","doi":"10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSCA.2019.10020011","url":null,"abstract":"This work encompasses optimising red bag waste management program by using Lean Six-Sigma methodology in a Toledo area hospital, essentially increasing value by decreasing defects and managing disposal frequency. The author conducted full process analysis of red bag waste management including the human factor, economic, environmental, assessments of entire process by implementing Lean Six Sigma approach. However numbers of papers have applied Lean Six Sigma method to improve quality factors in healthcare, no single publication has considered all areas that are covered in this study. The data illustrates proper disposal can minimise waste by 55% which would lead to a reduction of environmental impact and a cost savings for the healthcare facility.","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78707168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the performance and the efficiency of water supply organisations using data envelopment approach","authors":"N. Theeb, H. Smadi, M. Obaidat","doi":"10.1504/ijssca.2019.103563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijssca.2019.103563","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35430,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77526146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}