Lean and Green - Synergies, Differences, Limitations, and the Need for Six Sigma

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 439, Issue PART 2, 2014, Pages 71-81

  Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^a   Winck Jacques, Gabriela ^b   Lim, Ming K ^a   Kumar, Vikas ^c   Rocha Lona, Luis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DMAIC; Environment; Green; Lean; Six Sigma; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS MONITORING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIX SIGMA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CONCEPTUAL IDEAS; DMAIC; ENVIRONMENT; GREEN; LEAN; LEAN SIX SIGMA; LITERATURE REVIEWS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84906925047     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44736-9_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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