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Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Supply Chain Management

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SCM is essential for any company in order to be able to survive the increasing pressures of global competition. There have been continuous changes in the manufacturing and service markets across the world which caused the SC members to reassess their effectiveness individually and as a whole. SCM can utilize the QM concepts as well as the LSS tools and CI principles to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction regarding cost, quality, and delivery. Researchers considered the integration of Lean and Six Sigma with SCM. This chapter extends the previous works and proposes the implementation of LSS in SCM.

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    This chapter is mainly prepared based on our published work: Salah, S., Rahim, A., and Carretero, J. A. (2011) Implementation of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in supply chain management (SCM): an integrated management philosophy. Int. J. Transitions and Innovation Systems, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 138–162.

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  1. School of Business and Quality Management, HBMS University, Dubai, UAE

    Souraj Salah

  2. Quantitative Methods, Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

    Abdur Rahim

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Salah, S., Rahim, A. (2019). Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Supply Chain Management. In: An Integrated Company-Wide Management System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99034-7_6

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