OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	40
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	27
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	24
Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service	22
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	21
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	19
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	18
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	18
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	17
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	17
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	16
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	15
Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing	14
Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty	13
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	12
Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput	12
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	12
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	12
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	12
Three-stage service network design in rail-road networks with demand and capacity uncertainty	11
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	11
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	11
A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	10
Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation	10
Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	10

Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	10
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	9
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	9
A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	9
Efficient heuristics to minimize the total tardiness of chemotherapy drug production and delivery	9
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	8
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	8
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	8
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	7
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	7
Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem	7
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	7
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	7
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	7
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	6
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	6
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	6
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	6
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	6
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	6
Correction to: Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	5
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	5
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	5
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	5
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	5
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	4
Balancing picking and outbound loading efficiency in an SBS/RS through a digital twin	4
Constraint programming models for parallel robotic assembly line balancing problems considering energy-efficiency	4
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	4
Multi-period integrated production and delivery scheduling to enhance online orders fulfillment considering due dates	4
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	4
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	4
Designing a computer-vision-based artifact for automated quality control: a case study in the food industry	4