Lean six sigma approach for global supply chain management using industry 4.0 and IIoT

Abstract

Global Supply Chain Management is the management of supply chains located globally. Quality control methods such as Lean and Six Sigma are used for improving efficiency and quality of production and distribution carried out by global supply chains. Lean Six Sigma eliminates unnecessary processes and defects which can benefit an enterprise from reduced costs and less wastage of resources. Industry 4.0 refers to automation of industries by the exchange of data between the supply chain and logistics. Industrial internet of things (IIoT) is industrial machines connected to the enterprise cloud storage area for data storage as well as data retrieval. Industry 4.0 along with IIoT can make a big revolution in the management of global supply chain. Lean Six Sigma approach in global supply chain using Industry 4.0 and IIoT creates an ideal process flow that is highly optimized as well as perfect and free from defects and wastage. The models proposed in this paper make the supply chain fully autonomous.