Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing and Performance of Brewing Firms in South-South, Nigeria

Abstract

The broad objective of this study is to determine the type of relationship that exists between Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing and Performance of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria. Specifically, this study seeks to ascertain the type of relationship between employee training and product availability of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria. The study was anchored on Socio-Technical Systems Theory postulated by Eric Trist, Ken Bamforth and Fred Emery (1951). Survey research design was adopted for the study. Primary source of data was employed by the researcher. The primary source of data employed by the researcher was the questionnaire.  A total population of three hundred and eighty-three (383) was used for the study. Census sampling method was used for the study because the population is a manageable size. Regression analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Results obtained from the test of the hypothesis revealed that a significant positive relationship exists between employee training and product availability since (F-statistic = 1428.14; R-squared = 0.819; P <.05). Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that there exists a strong significant positive relationship between Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing and Performance of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria.