Meet the editors

Fausto works at UCLM as a Full Professor (Accredited as Full Professor from 2013), Spain and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University, UK. He is also a lecturer at the Postgraduate European Institute, and he has been Senior Manager in Accenture (2013-2014). He obtained his European PhD with the maximum distinction. He has been awarded with several prizes: Advancement Prize for Management Science and

Engineering Management Nominated Prize (2018), First International Business Ideas Competition 2017 Award (2017); Runner (2015), Advancement (2013) and Silver (2012) by the International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM); Best Paper Award in the international journal of Renewable Energy (Impact Factor 3.5) (2015). He has published more than 150 papers (65 % ISI, 30% JCR and 92% internationals), some recognized as: "Renewable Energy" (as "Best Paper 2014"); "ICMSEM" (as "excellent"), "Int. J. of Automation and Computing" and "IMechE Part F: J. of Rail and Rapid Transit" (most downloaded), etc. He is the author and editor of 25 books (Elsevier, Springer, Pearson, Mc-GrawHill, Intech, IGI, Marcombo, AlfaOmega, etc), and 5 patents. He is the editor of 5 internationals journals and the committee member of more than 40 international conferences. He has been the principal investigator in 4 European projects, 5 national projects, and more than 150 projects for universities, companies, etc. His main interests are: maintenance management, renewable energy, transport, advanced analytics, data science. He is a Director of www.ingeniumgroup.eu

Isaac is an expert in lean manufacturing, production, operations research, and renewable energies. He is currently involved as researcher in several industrial collaborative research projects related to the renewable energy sectors, which are financially supported by the European Commission and the Spanish Government. He works at UCLM and he is the Director of AirIngenium.

Tamás Bányai received his master's degree in 1993 and his Ph.D. degree in 1999 from the University of Miskolc, where he is currently working as an associate professor. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience in the design and control of materials handling systems and supply chain management, with special emphasis in heuristic optimization of large scale systems. He has published over 150 research papers, book

chapters, and conference proceedings. He has been a member and manager of more than 50 national and international research and development projects. Away from academia, his other interests include playing the piano and taking photographs.

Péter Tamás graduated in 2006 from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics of the University of Miskolc with his master's degree in mechanical engineering. His PhD work covered the field of material handling systems and logistics information technology and he graduated in 2012. He has been an assistant professor from 2011, associate professor from 2017, vice dean from 2017, and head of Institute of Logistics from

Contents

in an Organization

Framework

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5**

**Chapter 3 19** A Novel Space Systems Management Methodology Based on Shortcomings and Strengths of Conventional System Engineering Tools Used in a Design Thinking

**Chapter 4 39** Value Stream Mapping: A Method That Makes the Waste in the Process Visible

**Chapter 5 57**

**Chapter 6 77**

**Chapter 7 93**

**Chapter 8 109**

Services Six Sigma: Knowing the Debates and Failure Modes to Drive Better

Implementation of SPC-EPC Scheme to Lessen and Control Production

Model of Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Lean Management Implementation

*by Cecilia Michelle Talancon, Josué López-Leyva, Dalia Chávez-García,* 

Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Lean Manufacturing *by Fausto Pedro García Márquez and Isaac Segovia Ramirez*

*by Norani Nordin, Roshidah Mohamed and Naoshi Uchihira*

*Miguel Ponce-Camacho and Ariana Talamantes-Álvarez*

*by Nuri Ozgur Dogan and Burcu Simsek Yagli*

Some Aspects of Visual Detection of Dumps

*by Sajit Jacob and Krishnamurthy Kothandaraman*

*by Walid Smew, Bader Al-Mutawa and Ali Issawy*

*by Andrey Alexandrovich Richter*

Disruptions in Chlor-Alkali Industry

Lean Six Sigma and Performance Metrics

*by Kaouthar Lamine*

2019. He is a lecturer of numerous logistics subjects in the fields of process improvement at the level of BSc, MSc, and PhD and has professional responsibility in more lean educational programmes. His research focuses are simulation modeling, lean process improvement, and planning of the logistics systems. He has published more than 100 research papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings.

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Preface

Lean Manufacturing, also called lean production, was originally created in Toyota after the Second World War, in the reconstruction period. It is based on the idea of eliminating any waste in the industry, i.e. any activity or task that does not add value and requires resources. It is considered in every level of the industry, e.g. design, manufacturing, distribution, and customer service. The main wastes are: over-production against plan; waiting time of operators and machines; unnecessary transportation; waste in the process itself; excess stock of material and components;

The combination of the comprehensive and flexible Six Sigma system integrated with lean manufacturing is called Lean Six Sigma, which can increase profit, improve efficiency and effectiveness, and develop employees' structure. Six Sigma is a collection of different tools and techniques for improvement of quality of processes, which was introduced by Bill Smith in 1980. Six Sigma projects include five important steps: define the system, measure key aspects, analyze the data,

The diversity of the issues is covered from algorithms, mathematical models, and software engineering by design methodologies and technical or practical solutions. This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the current state, cases studies, hardware and software solutions, analytics, and data

The editor would like to thank all the authors of these chapters for their contribution

**Fausto Pedro García Márquez and Isaac Segovia Ramirez**

Ingenium Research Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha,

**Tamás Bányai and Péter Tamás**

Ciudad Real, Spain

Institute of Logistics, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary

and commitment, which made the publication of this book possible.

non value-adding motion; defects in quality.

science in dependability engineering.

improve the current processes, and control the future state.
