Development and Validation of DMAIC based Framework with Analysis of Critical Factors of Lean Six Sigma in perspective to Industry 4

Abstract

In today s cut-throat global competition, organizations are trying to adopt emerging newlinetechnologies for quality and productivity improvements to sustain in extremely competitive newlinemarket. Traditional methods or approaches of quality improvement are no longer capable to newlinedeal with dynamic demands of the customers. Therefore, organizations must implement newlinequality improvements tools in perspective to advanced or embraced practices like Lean Six newlineSigma (LSS) in context of Industry 4.0. Integration of LSS with Industry 4.0 ensures effective newlinestrategic development of the firm to cope up with customized and volatile demands of the newlinecustomers. newlineLean Six Sigma is structured and customer-centric approach that attempts to newlineimprove speed, quality and customer s satisfaction. It is integrated methodology of Lean and newlineSix Sigma to achieve continuous and sustainable growth in manufacturing industries by newlineimproving quality, performance and productivity. Although, large scale Indian manufacturing newlinefirms have adopted LSS in their business, but at present, it is not so encouraged. Still, there newlineare ample opportunities to implement it in view of the current manufacturing aspects of newlineIndustry 4.0. Hence, there is necessity to study LSS in view of advanced manufacturing newlinepractices to meet ever changing demands of customer for high quality and low cost newlinecustomized products. As per ongoing research in this, LSS implementation in perspective to newlineIndustry 4.0 is at nascent stage and very limited research has been carried out to check its newlinecurrent status in Indian manufacturing industries. Manufacturing sector in India has newlinecontributed major proportion of country s GDP and has potential to touch US $1 trillion by newline2025 with 25-30%. newline