Jaiveshkumar D. Gandhi

Assistant Professor, Government Engineering College, Bharuch

Shashank Thanki

Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India

Abstract

Sustainability is the need for today. Manufacturing industries are struggling to ensure sustainable operations in their business processes. Strategies like lean manufacturing, green manufacturing and six sigma can help to overcome these challenges. In view of this. This study attempts to review the existing research on the Integration of Lean Green and Six Sigma (LG&SS) strategies used to achieve sustainability. An exhaustive literature study and bibliometric analysis were conducted to understand the contribution of these strategies in the domain of sustainability. 126 papers were selected for the current research from peer reviewed referred journals and conference proceedings of international repute. It helped to identify four important clusters (1) need for integration of lean, green, and six sigma (2) various sectors implemented LG&SS (3) frameworks for the integration of LG&SS (4) sustainability attained with LG&SS's assistance. The study highlights the current status of research in the domain and also provide future directions to fill existing gaps and also assists industrial practitioners to generate more efficient deployment strategies

Keywords- Lean, Green, Six Sigma, Sustainability, Bibliometric analysis