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The aim of this paper is to explore how Six Sigma methodologies can act as a foundation and key catalyst for enhancing Environmental Management System (EMS). Six Sigma is about process improvement, whereas EMS is a process concerned with performance improvement. EMS is also interlinked with sustainable development, environment protection, environme...
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... diagram as shown in figure 8 was successfully used to organize brainstorming information about potential causes for the nonconformance. This technique aims us to get at the root causes of a problem and not just the symptoms. ...
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... good FMEA identifies known and potential failure modes, the causes and effects of each failure mode and prioritizes the identified failure modes according to the risk priority number (RPN), which is the product of frequency of occurrence, severity and detection. One should not forget that a good FMEA analysis is possible only through an effective brainstorming session involving people from the process and cross functional areas, who know the pulse of the process as illustrated in figure 8. ...
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... This can result in environmental programs, documentation, and accurate planning based on the six sigma data driven approach [84]. An integrated model comprising EMS and six sigma has been developed and successfully implemented for lowering COD (chemical oxygen demand) level from 116 to 83 ppm in an effluent treatment plant in India [85]. Quality function deployment (QFD) has also been utilized as an environmental tool in combination with LCA and recognized as a green quality function deployment (GQFD) approach [86]. ...
Green lean six sigma (GLSS) is an emerging approach towards environmental sustainability in conjunction with operational achievements. The success of this approach is premised on an understanding of the different components of a GLSS program; being the determinants for its outcomes. The aim of this paper is to investigate the various constructs of GLSS that play an essential role in achieving environmental sustainability. For this purpose, a systematic review of available literature has been conducted to evaluate the drivers, enablers (tools), and outcomes of a GLSS strategy as well as its critical success factors and barriers. Findings reveal that these constructs of GLSS as a holistic approach can facilitate an organization to better accomplish environmental objectives such as waste minimization, emission reduction, and resource conservation as compared to constructs of only one or any two of these strategies. Based on the analysis, an integrated GLSS framework is developed for environmental sustainability in addition to identifying vital research gaps and future directions.
