production-oriented total quality management tools

The assessment of inefficiencies, including adverse environmental effects, in supply and value chains often relies on production-oriented total quality management concepts and methods, such as Six Sigma and Lean. In their conventional form, are these tools adequate to assess lifecycle issues that have broader sustainability implications for an organization and its stakeholders? Cite specific enhancements to production-oriented total quality management tools provided by lifecycle assessment tools.

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