Abstract
Introducing methodologies that promote innovation and continuous improvement in organizations is no longer optional; therefore, organizations are increasingly using methodologies based on Lean principles. Among them, the 6S tool stands out from the rest, commonly used to establish and maintain a high-quality environment, which it has capacity for due to its status as a kaizen process. Thus, this research seeks to evaluate the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and the Lean 6S tool and, in the end, create synergies between them in order to enhance the 6S tool’s capabilities. To achieve this, a literature review and analysis of Lean 6S and CSR were performed, and a survey was also proposed to further the understanding of the relationship. With the analyzed sample, it can be confirmed that a relationship exists between the level of implementation of Lean tools and the level of development of CSR policies; therefore, companies that have implemented Lean tools such as 6S are organizations concerned with sustainability, and the hypothesis that organizations that apply Lean also have a high implementation of CSR is validated. Future work should further develop this relationship so that sustainability is no longer considered as implicit in the application of Lean tools but rather as part of them. This research proposes to develop the 6S tool toward the 7S tool to facilitate the inclusion of a CSR policy in a procedural and simple way.
Highlights
Due to high competition within the industrial sector, it is increasingly necessary to introduce methodologies that promote innovation and continuous improvement in organizations [1].This is why multiple organizations from various sectors use methodologies based on Lean principles, seeking to optimize their productivity, reduce waste, and improve the quality of their products [2,3].Lean creates value by improving process flow and lead time by identifying and reducing waste
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Summary
Due to high competition within the industrial sector, it is increasingly necessary to introduce methodologies that promote innovation and continuous improvement in organizations [1].This is why multiple organizations from various sectors use methodologies based on Lean principles, seeking to optimize their productivity, reduce waste, and improve the quality of their products [2,3].Lean creates value by improving process flow and lead time by identifying and reducing waste. Due to high competition within the industrial sector, it is increasingly necessary to introduce methodologies that promote innovation and continuous improvement in organizations [1]. This is why multiple organizations from various sectors use methodologies based on Lean principles, seeking to optimize their productivity, reduce waste, and improve the quality of their products [2,3]. Lean creates value by improving process flow and lead time by identifying and reducing waste. It is worth highlighting the Six Sigma methodology, which, following Lean principles, creates value through the identification of and reduction in variation. The 5S tool stands out from the rest due to its capacity as a kaizen process, present since its first implementation by
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