An Empirical Study on Lean Six Sigma in Saudi Arabian Organisations

This paper presents the results of a study undertaken in Saudi Arabian organisations with respect to critically assessing the current status and implementation of Lean Six Sigma. In order to address the current status and the implementation of LSS in Saudi Arabian organisations descriptive survey questionnaire were distributed online using Qualtrics software. The survey investigated the history of quality practices utilised by Saudi organisations, LSS organisational infrastructure, number of projects completed, years of deployment of LSS, Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of LSS, benefits gained from LSS deployment, common challenges for LSS and least commonly used tools and techniques of LSS.