OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management is 15. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Enablers for green lean six sigma adoption in the manufacturing industry	184
Buyer-supplier dyad on performance and sustainability	127
The path to supply chain resilience and robustness: a dynamic capability view	84
Investigating the impact of smart manufacturing and interconnected emerging technologies in building smarter supply chains	69
The lean supply chain management response to technology uncertainty: consequences for operational performance and competitiveness	63
Social media and sustainable innovation in manufacturing firms: a dynamic capability perspective	62
Business-to-business platform ecosystem practices and their impacts on firm performance: evidence from high-tech manufacturing firms	60
An implementation model for socio-technical digital tools	57
Assessing the mediating role of human capital in the relationship between digital transformation and firm performance	55
Manufacturing competitive capabilities and market performance: the case of additive manufacturing	51
The role of additive manufacturing in process industry spare parts supply chains	49
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption on operational performance in manufacturing	46
Suppliers' GHG mitigation strategies (Scope 3): the case of a steelmaking company	46
The effect of green supply chain management practices on carbon-neutral supply chain performance: the mediating role of logistics eco-centricity	45
Supply chain concentration, digitalization and servitization of manufacturing firms	45
Effect of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between socio-technical practices and workers' performance	45
Industry 4.0 benefits, challenges and critical success factors: a comparative analysis through the lens of resource dependence theory across continents and economies	44
Opening manufacturing flexibility's black box: the unexplored role of internal flexibility	42
Enhancing ambidextrous green innovation: the role of green supply chain integration, knowledge capabilities and technology dynamism in manufacturing	38
The effect of NPD complexity on NPD performance via inter-organizational collaboration and conflict	37
A note on bi-objective optimization for sustainable supply chain network design in omnichannel	37
Combining internal quality-oriented product design with external supplier involvement for enhancing operational performance: the moderating role of product modularity	36
Exploring the digitalization paradox: the impact of digital technology convergence on manufacturing firm performance	35
Lean 4.0: a systematic literature review on the interaction between lean production and industry 4.0 pillars	35
Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda	32

Achieving green product and process innovation through green leadership and creative engagement in manufacturing	32
Linking manufacturing firms with environment: role of green manufacturing and environmental management on firm’s environmental performance with moderating effect of external environmental regulations	32
Building legitimacy in digital servitization: an exploratory case study in manufacturing	31
Digital transformation readiness in large manufacturing firms: a building block model proposition	31
3D printing driven business model innovation and supply chain operations: a perspective of strategic alignment	30
Supply chain efficiency via knowledge management and blockchain adoption readiness	30
An enquiry into competitive value of sustainable manufacturing capabilities	30
Does the integration of lean production and Industry 4.0 in green supply chains generate a better operational performance?	29
Guest editorial: State-of-the-art for manufacturing management: advancing the research agenda and practice through literature reviews	29
Study on the effects and mechanisms of rising housing prices on manufacturing technological innovation	29
The effects of the Toyota Way on agile manufacturing: an empirical analysis	29
How customer integration drives green innovation: exploring the influence of regulatory pressures and market changes	29
The strategic role of R&D outsourcing practices and partners in the relationship between product modularization and new product development efficiency	29
Lean manufacturing in the last decade: insights from published case studies	28
Effects of Industry 4.0 technologies and servitization on firm performance: evidence from the Pakistani manufacturing sector	27
Guest editorial: Creativity management and manufacturing firms' performance	27
The realization and transformation law of the boundary-spanning technological innovation of manufacturing enterprises based on the framework of “internal reconfiguration – networking capability – BSTI	27
A systematic review with meta-analysis of supply chain agility antecedents and its effect on firm performance	26
Quick changeover design: a new Lean methodology to support the design of machines in terms of rapid changeover capability	26
Ecosystem-related digital capabilities and radical service innovation: evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry	26
Advancing maturity in the adoption of digital technologies for energy efficiency in manufacturing industry	26
Fourth industrial (r)evolution? Investigating the use of technology bundles and performance implications	25
Unpacking the nice-to-have and must-have antecedents and outcomes of supplier commitment	25
Strategic perception of Industry 4.0 and its impact on digital servitization in manufacturing firms	25
Industry 4.0: what is the relationship between manufacturing strategies, critical success factors and technology adoption?	24
Editorial: Ten lessons for successful publishing in the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management	23
Strategies for achieving customer order flexibility – supplier perspective	23
Sustaining lean changes: the influence and significance of different change sustainability factors in maturing lean change programmes	20
The impact of digital voice of customer and product lifecycle management on Quality 4.0: moderating role of AI in SMEs	20
Assessing the impact of fusion-based additive manufacturing technologies on green supply chain management performance	20
The role of leadership in digital transformation – a paradox way to improve operational performance	20
Technological management capabilities as a pathway toward green production and green competitive advantage	19
Configurations for emerging market firms to achieve a high-level servitization strategy: evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms	19
Developing capabilities underlying to Industry 4.0 design principles within the manufacturing context	19
A framework for the prioritization of industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing technologies based on network theory	19
Linking dynamic capability with mass customization capability: the mediating role of supply chain resilience	18
Small and medium-sized manufacturers’ ways of involving suppliers in digitally-enabled services	18
Strategic governance dynamics in manufacturing firms: navigating operational performance through contractual and relational mechanisms in the face of product complexity	18
Alternative paths to high mass customization capability and the subsequent performance outcome	18
Providers or users of Industry 4.0-based solutions: how does the innovation ecosystem affect a company’s decision to engage in Industry 4.0?	17
Challenges and benefits for small and medium enterprises in the transformation to smart manufacturing: a systematic literature review and framework	17
How can lean tools support the innovation process of SMEs?	17
Generative artificial intelligence in manufacturing: opportunities for actualizing Industry 5.0 sustainability goals	17
Drivers of green supply chain integration and green product innovation: a motivation-opportunity-ability framework and a dynamic capabilities perspective	17
The operational performance effect of digitalized manufacturing processes and the mediation effect of supply chain resilience	17
Unveiling environmental decision-making logic: the joint impact of affective and deliberative information processing mechanisms	16
What happens with the host during reshoring? An exploration of the host company's response in China	16
A comparative review of the complementary and conflicting nature of lean production and green manufacturing implementation	16
The nature and role of informal resilience practices in the performance of lean production systems	16
Configuring digital supply chains for green supply chain management	16

How do environmental taxes affect green process innovation? Evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry	16
Navigating innovation in the age of AI: how generative AI and innovation influence organizational performance in the manufacturing sector	15
Organizational creativity and sustainability-oriented innovation as drivers of sustainable development: overcoming firms' economic, environmental and social sustainability challenges	15
Exploring whether digital technologies ameliorate firms’ servitization: the moderating role of organizational slack and research and development intensity	15
A deep attention based approach for predictive maintenance applications in IoT scenarios	15
The impact of servitization on the environmental and social performance in manufacturing firms	15
Role of leadership in the digitalisation of manufacturing organisations	15