OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Production Planning & Control is 30. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mitigating the effects of global disruptions on supply chains: gaining insights from the dairy industry during Covid-19	217
Using ISO 14001 certification to signal sustainability equivalence: an examination of the critical success factors	130
Socio-technical capabilities for blockchain implementation by service providers: multiple case study of projects with transaction time reduction and quality improvement objectives	89
Management innovation in SMEs – taking psychological ownership of Hoshin Kanri	81
Leaning on leadership? Understanding how a lean implementation impacts hospital workers’ performance	78
The relevance of tea culture and recreation industry development based on intelligent big data analysis	77
The evaluation of innovation efficiency of China’s high-tech manufacturing industry based on the analysis of the three-stage network DEA-Malmquist model	71
Goal-oriented prioritization of project outputs: a stratified approach	67
Proactive product warranty service planning and control: unravelling the boons of customer-generated content and multi-frequency analyses	66
Fast-and-frugal heuristics: an exploration into building an adaptive toolbox to assess the uncertainty of rework	60
Effects of supply chain innovation and application policy on firm performance: evidence from China	57
Pandemics related-demands upon managers and job crafting in the production sector in Poland	56
Take a ride on the green side: from sustainable customer orientation to good supply chains	54
Application of mechanical product design parameter optimization based on machine learning in identification	52
Action research as a meta-methodology: insights from an operations development project	49
Information sharing for replenishment planning and control in fresh food supply chains: a planning environment perspective	48
Approaches to performance appraisal in TQM-driven organizations: does control vs. learning approach matter?	48
Barriers to integrated lean management-industry 4.0 technologies	47
Assessing stakeholders’ perception influence on companies’ profitability: evidence from Italian companies	45
Unveiling the impact of industry 4.0 on supply chain performance: the mediating role of integration and visibility	43
Qualitative leanness assessment of hospital using benchmarking: a case study	43
Relationships between competences and lean automation practices: an exploratory study	42
Researched topics, patterns, barriers and enablers of artificial intelligence implementation in supply chain: a Latent-Dirichlet-allocation-based topic-modelling and expert validation	42
Sustainable production scheduling: insights from real-life applications	40
Development of framework integrating ergonomics in Lean’s Muda, Muri, and Mura concepts	39

Performance measurement and management in complex environments: a system of systems approach for the public sector	39
From Quality-I to Quality-II: cultivating an error culture to support lean thinking and rework mitigation in infrastructure projects	34
Curating a domain ontology for rework in construction: challenges and learnings from practice	33
Generating value in program alliances: the value of dialogue in large-scale infrastructure projects	31
Leveraging digitalization and servitization to improve financial performance	30
A framework for the systematic implementation of Green-Lean and sustainability in SMEs	30
A methodology to boost data-driven decision-making process for a modern maintenance practice	30