ROADMAP TO IMPLIMENT LEAN SIX SIGMA IN FOUNDRY INDUSTRIES: SME’s

Abstract

In a current scenario, due to globalization, there is a more pressure on manufacture to provide a value added, qualitative,
innovative product according to the requirements of customer specification at optimal cost. Today we have number of good
quality concepts as well as philosophies available like TQM, LEAN Manufacturing, SIX SIGMA, KAIZEN, Just In Time (JIT) and
Business Processes Re-engineering(BPR). We can summarize all this nicely with an illustration of six blind men and an elephant.
Each of them have its own advantages, limitations and practical application .so all this techniques/concepts are under the
umbrella of quality improvement programmed .From all these tequniques Lean and six Sigma are best.
In this paper we collect the papers from Science direct, Taylor and Francis, Emerald ,Springer link , Elsevier Science and similar
,then review the paper according to lean manufacturing(81), six sigma(90) and Lean six sigma(72).from this database we plot a
chart of review methodology and statistic of Lean ,six sigma and Lean six sigma. Further we classified papers reporting the Lean
Six Sigma in to three categories: first papers based on concept and view point, second papers based on literature review and third
papers based on case studies .Middle of this paper we discuss about the history, origin, growth and application of lean six sigma
in various fields. Lean six sigma in foundry industries is a newer approach in small and medium scale industries. Before
conclusion we gave a roadmap to implement lean six sigma in foundry industries.