OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 5. 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
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	50
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	31
Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service	29
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	27
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	23
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	22
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	21
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	20
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	19
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	18
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	17
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	17
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	17
Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty	16
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	15
Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput	14
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	14
Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing	14
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	13
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	12
Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	12
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	12
Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation	12
Three-stage service network design in rail-road networks with demand and capacity uncertainty	12
Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	12

A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	11
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	11
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	10
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	10
A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	10
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	10
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	10
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	9
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	9
Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem	9
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	9
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	8
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	8
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	7
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	7
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	7
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	6
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	6
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	6
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	5
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	5
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	5
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	5
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	5
Correction to: Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	5
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	5
Integrated model assignment and multi-line balancing in human–robot collaborative mixed-model assembly lines	5
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	5