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 Volume 10, Issue 1 (January 2023), Pages: 7-12

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 Original Research Paper

 Factors analysis of lean six sigma practices in the Vietnam wood industry

 Author(s): Nguyen Dat Minh *

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Industrial and Energy Management, Electric Power University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-4917

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.01.002

 Abstract:

Six sigma is valuable to process control and ensure the stability of product quality. Lean practices or six sigma in isolation cannot remove all types of waste, control the process statistically, and remove process variability. The integrated development of the two approaches, which are known as Lean and six sigma (LSS), may bring out the advantages of both concepts. Although, many enterprises have succeeded with LSS around the world only less than 20% of enterprises achieve and maintain lean activities for the time being. The aim of this research paper is to present the key factors that constitute a successful implementation of LSS in the wood industry in Vietnam through analysis of LSS implementation. A combination of a comprehensive literature review and a site visit to deeply observe by participants observation for 3 LSS projects and interview the key persons involved in the project was employed in this study.

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Lean six sigma, Success factors, Wood industry

 Article History: Received 26 June 2022, Received in revised form 16 September 2022, Accepted 16 September 2022

 Acknowledgment 

This work was funded by the Vietnam Electric Power University in scientific research at the university level.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Minh ND (2023). Factors analysis of lean six sigma practices in the Vietnam wood industry. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(1): 7-12

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