Research papers

Research Papers

5ST3PS is een onderwijsinstituut waarbij onderzoek wordt gedaan naar lean six sigma en worden er wetenschappelijke papers gepubliceerd specifiek gericht op lean six sigma. Het is belangrijk om de laatste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van lean six sigma mee te nemen in onze opleidingen. Dit is ook de reden waarom onze opleidingen altijd de laatste tools, technieken en methodes meeneemt. Hieronder vindt je een selectie recent gepubliceerde papers welke gedownload kunnen worden op internationaal wetenschappelijke publicatieplatformen zoals EmeraldInsight, Jstor en meer.

Critical success factors and challenges for Lean Startup: a systematic literature review

The term Lean Startup (LS) was coined by Eric Ries, and his 2011 book has popularized the concept with organizations, both startups and established organizations, implementing LS. However the empirical grounding is thin and for a long time this subject has been neglected by academia.

Exploring the dark side of Lean: a systematic review of the lean factors that influence social

Lean has shifted over the years from a set of tools to implement to a human-centric approach concerning both hard and soft factors

Six Sigma to distinguish patterns in COVID-19 approaches

COVID-19 has changed life as we know. Data are scarce and necessary for making decisions on fighting COVID-19. The purpose of this paper is to apply Six Sigma techniques on the current COVID-19 pandemic to distinguish between special cause and common cause variation.

A global study on applicability of ISO 18404: 2015 for SMEs: an exploratory qualitative study

ISO 18404:2015 standard defines the proficiencies to the attainment of distinct competency levels with either Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma or separately combined strategy Lean Six Sigma (LSS).

Unlocking the potential: empirical analysis of enablers, barriers, benefits and technologies for integrating Industry 4.0 and Lean Six Sigma in manufacturing organisations

The integration of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is in the nascent stage and promises to achieve new optimums in operational excellence.

The application of measures of lean production for services

This paper gives insights on how to measure the degree of lean for services and explores existing instruments, proposing adaptions on an existing instrument, developed for production.