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Purpose\ud?\udThe purpose of this paper is to focus on three fundamental human-related behaviour\udfactors associated with Lean Six Sigma (LSS) projects in German manufacturing small-and medium-\udsized enterprises (SMEs) on the readiness of people (managers and their staff) to commence LSS\udprojects. These are core personal competence, strategic vision of the people and the organisational\udculture of the specific organisation.\udDesign/methodology/approach\ud?\udBased on a thorough review of the academic literature a set of\udhypotheses were constructed to examine the level of association between people\ud?\uds competence, vision\udand culture with LSS readiness within SMEs. This was done using correlation and regression analysis.\udData collection were carried out in seven different German manufacturing SMEs involved in aerospace\udsupply and agro-food manufacturing using a survey instrument.\udFindings\ud?\udIt was found that there is a strong positive association between the core competence of\udpeople and organisational culture with readiness for commencing LSS in the manufacturing SMEs\udstudied. The core values of people, education level and the vision of making continuous quality\udimprovement were identified as key variables in promoting LSS readiness in these manufacturing\udSMEs. This study indicates that these\ud?\udsofter\ud?\udvariables can be essential to successful LSS\udimplementation and need to be explored further before undertaking the process.\udPractical implications\ud?\udFrom the perspective of the implementers of LSS the results of this\udresearch could be of interest to different manufacturing SMEs intending to embark upon an LSS\udjourney as it highlights the significance of human-related behavioural factors in the process. SME\udorganisations may consider carrying out development or training with their managers and employees\udaround  personal  and  organisational  values,  addressing  core  competence  and  strengthening\udorganisational culture in order to facilitate LSS readiness and enhance the prospect of its success.\udOriginality/value\ud?\udIt would appear that this LSS research has not been carried out within the\udGerman manufacturing SME context before and although discrete in nature has surfaced the ?softer? variables of core competence of staff and organisational culture as important readiness issues to\udaddress  when  undertaking  LSS.  This  integrated  approach  of  human  behavioural  factors,\udorganisational culture, LSS and manufacturing SMEs demonstrates the originality of the research

Investigating the readiness of people in manufacturing SMEs to embark on Lean Six Sigma projects