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Six Sigma is a technique devised by Bill Smith of Motorola in 1985, operates with the help of numerous statistical, data-based tools and techniques in order to yield an appropriate result that substantially increases profits and ensures delivery of value by deteriorating the variation and eradication of defects. With global economy facing simultaneous slowdowns in the past few years, organizations are keen on finding an opportunity to curb the costs and lead the competition. Thus, a procedure known as Lean Six Sigma is used, that can aid in achieving such economic desires. Lean Six Sigma has been the one to show significant cost reduction by increasing the rate of material flow and information, making the process more efficient, and improves the grade of the product that is composed by the process. Lean Six Sigma has successfully been implemented by organizations to significantly improve a variety of processes in many different domains. The intent of this review paper is to link Lean Six Sigma with certain sustainability factors and sustainability itself.
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Asgar, M.E., Ranjan, R., Atre, S., Bhandari, R., Zaidi, S. (2021). Effective Application and Sustainability of Lean Six Sigma to Improve Process Performance. In: Singh, J., Kumar, S., Choudhury, U. (eds) Innovations in Cyber Physical Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 788. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4149-7_69
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