Using Lean Six Sigma for the Optimization of Inventory Management—A Case of a Lubricating Oil Factory

Carolina de Oliveira Cabral, Marcelo Maciel Monteiro (), Oswaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas and Priscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro
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Carolina de Oliveira Cabral: Fluminense Federal University
Marcelo Maciel Monteiro: Fluminense Federal University
Oswaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas: Fluminense Federal University
Priscilla Cristina Cabral Ribeiro: Fluminense Federal University

Chapter Chapter 56 in Operations Management for Social Good, 2020, pp 569-578 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper presents a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) application in a lubricating oil factory to reduce the excessive inventory of an additive. This was achieved through implementing a periodic review policy and of the DMAIC methodological approach used to decrease the lead time and consequently the safety stock.

Keywords: Lean Six Sigma (LSS); Inventory management; DMAIC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_56

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