5 stages improvement model (5SIM) for integrating lean manufacturing and six sigma dmaic
| dc.contributor.author | Yeap, Tee Khoon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-11T01:20:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-11T01:20:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Master | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | At the dawning of the twenty first century, the world economy had become more open to competition as it had been for the past centuries. Fueled by advancement of technology, communication and deregulated trade and transportation, low cost countries around the globe had taken the advantage on this access to compete with high cost countries on all fronts of industries. Malaysia, a country which has been enjoying the industrial boom for the past three decades, was no longer a low cost region. For the past few years, it had experienced a steady decline in manufacturing jobs opportunities and facilities close down had been a common sight in the local industrial sector. Based on this scenario, this research was triggered as an effort to curb the attrition of manufacturing businesses out of Malaysia by improving the competitiveness of the Malaysian industry. In doing so, this research applied a business process improvement model (the 5SIM – 5 Stages Improvement Model) based on Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools and techniques. The research covered the details and objectives of each stage of the model, and a comprehensive survey on Lean Six Sigma efforts that had been done to date. Also included in this research was the execution of two case studies based on the 5SIM business process in a manufacturing facility in Malaysia. The case studies results comparison were done to show an interesting finding where based on the same model, business process, environment, objective, tools and techniques, the team’s skill set composition would greatly affect the execution of the project, but still achieved the same goal ultimately. The lesson learnt from these two case studies were also elaborated and discussed extensively to serve as a benchmark and guidelines for others who would like to embark on a Lean Six Sigma journey to keep their organization competitive and healthy. As both case studies had successfully validated the 5SIM model, future work continuation was to expand the 5SIM business process beyond the boundaries and move towards other areas of the supply chain. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/390 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Manufacturing engineering | en_US |
| dc.subject | 5 stages improvement model (5SIM) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Six sigma dmaic | en_US |
| dc.title | 5 stages improvement model (5SIM) for integrating lean manufacturing and six sigma dmaic | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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