Lean Six Sigma Implementation in Waste Reduction, Environmental Sustainability and Safety Risk Management

Abd Elrahman El Konisy, Aya Ibrahim; Abd Elwahab, Said; Hassan, Huda

doi:10.21608/tims.2023.209212.1011

Lean Six Sigma Implementation in Waste Reduction, Environmental Sustainability and Safety Risk Management

Document Type : Original research papers

Authors

¹ special chemistry, faculty of science, Tanta univirsity ,El gharbia

² Energy department, Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies, Cairo, Egypt.

³ Quality assurance department, Alexandria national refining and petrochemical company and member of the teaching staff of the faculty of science Alexandria University, Egypt

10.21608/tims.2023.209212.1011

Abstract

The main goal of this article is to illustrate how the application of lean six Sigma may reduce waste, enhance environmental sustainability, and control safety risks in a manufacturing company. Lean manufacturing seeks to decrease/eliminate waste, whereas Six Sigma aims to reduce defects by reducing variability in the system. The goal of this article is to propose a model for Lean Six Sigma that will allow using the tools of Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing to reduce waste by reducing the percentage of returns, sustain the environment by reducing the empty contaminated return packages, and control the safety risk by using FMEA (Failure – Mode and effect analysis) in risk assessment. A DMAIC (Define – Measure – Analyze- Improve – Control) project is used to carry out the empirical case study. This Lean six sigma DMAIC methodology is used in parts to gather and examine data about the present process.

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