International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Corrigendum: Teaching lean manufacturing at a postgraduate level: integrating traditional teaching methods and problem-based learning approach72
Lean Six Sigma 4.0 in an empirical application: a case of digital measurement for thickness deviation on a galvanizing line in a steel industry65
Green Lean Six Sigma in manufacturing sector: model construction and effect prediction62
The moderating role of organizational culture in the effect of lean production on operational performance58
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity48
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey45
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma39
Toyota Kata’s approach for implementing Lean Maintenance: an action research study30
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability29
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing29
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco28
Improving the admission process in a higher education institute using lean six sigma: a case study27
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method24
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream23
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis23
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study23
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?23
Unraveling role of artificial intelligence capability through digital twin practices, lean six sigma and total quality management for smart manufacturing performance22
Communicating operational excellence 5.0: evidence from CSRD sustainability disclosures22
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry22
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study20
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?20
Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-1920
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis18
Integration of industry 4.0 technologies to overcome lean manufacturing barriers in Sri Lanka’s apparel sector18
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future17
Green Lean Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 integration for manufacturing sustainability: developing a design science research-based framework17
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China16
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study16
Integrated Lean Six-Sigma 4.0 operational excellence: a fuzzy social networks hybrid MCDM model to assess tourism organisations’ resilience16
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development16
Factors impacting patient flows in the emergency department15
Social culture and lean–green practices: perspectives from medium and large firms in Ecuador15
Integrating sustainability into process excellence: a green lean six sigma approach with a novel sustainable performance metric15
Integrating the Shingo model with ISO management system standards and lean six sigma: a conceptual framework15
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances15
Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance15
Lean management research in Iberoamerican countries: state of the art, gaps and potential opportunities14
Impact of lean six sigma practices on organizational performance in the public automotive manufacturing factories in Ethiopia, Africa: mediating effect of operational performance14
Exploring operational excellence in North African manufacturing enterprises: uncovering best practices, success and failure factors14
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye14
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, organization, operation and people13
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse12
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing12
Development of a framework for Poka-Yoke system performance assessment during the service design for attaining leanness12
Toward the integration of an updated Lean Six Sigma in automotive industry: a survey and case study12
Optimizing operational costs to improve accessibility of higher education: a novel integration of activity-based costing and Lean management11
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia11
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies11
Productivity enhancement through supply chain leanness and agility initiatives in manufacturing systems11
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study11
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective10
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness10
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective10
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study10
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies10
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature10
Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm9
Operational excellence in hospitals9
Assessing alignment of organizational practices with operational excellence principles: evidence from an eye hospital setting9
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma9
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects9
Startup real options valuation under STO-based financing: a binomial–edgeworth model framed by Lean 5.09
Organizational excellence in the digital era: a bibliometric and thematic analysis9
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach9
Project portfolio selection and prioritization through supervised machine learning in continuous improvement projects8
Evaluation of the medium- to long-term effects of Lean Healthcare implementation in the emergency service care8
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis8
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation8
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions8
Lean manufacturing and sustainability pillars. A systematic literature review8
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare8
National programmes for implementing lean in organisations8
Enhancing shutdown maintenance performance using Lean Six Sigma: a case study8
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework8
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey8
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective8
Integrating continuous improvement and innovation thinking in the banking sector: a case study from South Africa8
Toward a human-centric digital workplace: a Shingo-based framework bridging Industry 4.0 and 5.07
Exploring lean six sigma-enabled demand management: a case study of an automotive aftermarket parts distributor7
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations7
A sustainable solution for lean barriers through a fuzzy DEMATEL methodology with a case study from the Indian manufacturing industry7
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case7
Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies through lean tools: evidence from the European Manufacturing Survey7
The impact of Leagile software development on operational performance7
The human face of lean: expanding the Shingo model through leadership behaviours7
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America7
Optimizing soybean seed production: integrating DMAIC and roguing for enhanced efficiency7
Configurations of lean manufacturing enablers for advanced digital technology adoption7
Optimizing high-mix, high-volume advanced healthcare manufacturing: implementation and impact of the production wheel framework7
Postoperative pain management quality improvement project using Six-Sigma methodology in Alexandria University Students Hospital, Egypt7
Guest editorial: Operational excellence and quality improvement in the African continent6
Lean six sigma 4.0 methodology for optimizing occupational exams in operations management6
Integration of business process management and lean management: from literature review to framework proposal6
Productivity improvement for 122 mm rocket warheads manufacturing using lean manufacturing tools: a case study6
An implementation model for digitisation of visual management to develop a smart manufacturing process6
Mitigating schedule delays in road projects: application of lean construction approaches6
Lean six sigma and operational performance: the role of green manufacturing in the Jordanian pharmaceutical manufacturing companies6
Applications of six sigma for service quality enhancement in the UAE: a multiple case study analysis and lessons learned6
Quality cost deployment (QCD): a Lean-Inspired methodology for systematic reduction of total quality costs5
How to assess and improve the triple bottom line (TBL) in manufacturing processes: a real case in home appliance manufacturing5
Lean transportation tools towards waste reduction and digital transformation in the offshore industry: an action-research5
How can Industry 5.0 transform operational excellence into a driver to achieve SDGs in Ibero-American countries?5
From barriers to breakthroughs: organizational learning as a catalyst for Lean Healthcare excellence5
Unlocking insights: evaluating 5Whys methodology for root cause analysis and employee problem-solving skills in 91 case studies5
The operational excellence research landscape in Africa: a scoping review5
Bringing together Lean Six Sigma and discrete event simulation: a systematic literature review5
Lean process mining: adopting process mining in lean manufacturing for dynamic process mapping and avoiding waste occurrence in real time5
Artificial intelligence in lean manufacturing: digitalization with a human touch?5
A proposed conceptual model for linking Lean thinking and project management in the IT sector5
Lean six sigma and sustainable supply chain management: a case study in electric vehicle parts manufacturing5
Influencing factors of Six Sigma management in the construction of students mental health service system in the post-COVID-19 era5
Workers’ behaviors, economic performance and the Shingo model: a configurational approach to lean transformations5
Readiness level assessment for lean Six Sigma implementation in the healthcare sector4
Developing an enhanced business process improvement methodology (EBPIM)4
Axiomatic design for lean autonomous maintenance system: an application from textile industry4
Lean manufacturing for reducing lead time in foundry processes: a design science approach4
Adapting and validating the EPLIT for assessing lean healthcare maturity in Brazilian hospitals4
Guest editorial: Lean and learning in the age of digitalization4
Predictive Six Sigma for Turkish manufacturers: utilization of machine learning tools in DMAIC4
Promoting shared leadership in Lean Six Sigma project teams: toward a three-way interaction model4
Lean distribution and industrial company performance: exploratory study4
Lean Six Sigma, effectiveness, and efficiency of internal auditing4
Utilising a hybrid DMAIC/TAM model to optimise annual maintenance shutdown performance in the dairy industry: a case study4
Quality improvement development in Swedish healthcare and welfare services4
Leveraging on quality management and Industry 4.0 capabilities to promote industrial decarbonization practices: a review and novel framework4
Linkages between lean six sigma, green manufacturing, circular economy and operational performance in manufacturing organizations of a developing country4
Supply chain risk management to achieve healthcare supply chain operational excellence: a fsQCA and PLS-SEM approach4
Turning the lean world upside down4
Fostering insights and improvements from IIoT systems at the shop floor: a case of industry 4.0 and lean complementarity enabled by action learning3
Transformative integration: which success factors lead to effective Industry 4.0 and Lean Six Sigma collaboration?3
Perspectives on lean implementation challenges and potentials in higher education institutions: insights from South-East Europe (SEE)3
From perception to practice: quality management in multinational company from a Swedish perspective3
Implementing Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce the logistics cost: a case study in Turkey3
Selection of Industry 4.0 technologies for Lean Six Sigma integration using fuzzy DEMATEL approach3
SITI-value-added heat map: a structural analysis method for mapping and eliminating information waste of information flow3
Mediating role of lean management on the effects of workforce management and value-added time in private hospitals3
Industry 4.0 adoption challenges in lean-agile-resilient-green agri-food supply chain3
The effect of lean manufacturing practices on employees’ well-being mediated by job characteristics3
Lean innovation training and transformational leadership for employee creative role identity and innovative work behavior in a public service organization3
Improvement steps towards digital transformation: enhancing productivity in developing manufacturing companies through total productive maintenance3
Implementing and sustaining lean, buyer-supplier role, and COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the garment industry of Bangladesh3
Reduction of changeover time through SMED with RACI integration in garment factories3
The book that changed the world?3
The use of virtual reality as e-training tool for dies’ changeover in stamping presses: a case study on automotive industry3
Innovation excellence benefits from the Shingo model3
Evaluation of impact of lean management practices on dairy business performance3
From digitalization to sustainability: lean and agile supply chain management drive triple bottom line performance3
Interrelationships among lean HRM practices and their impact on firm performance: a comparison between the Jordanian and German models3
Harmonizing quality and sustainability: a comprehensive analysis of total quality management and green manufacturing practices in small and medium-sized enterprises3
Making a virtue of necessity once again: assessing the effect of temporary labor on lean practices in highly routinized environments3
Lean Six Sigma enablers and their effect on perceived operational efficiency in Ethiopian public hospitals3
Exploring lean manufacturing impact on sustainable performance in automotive companies in Brazil3
The development of a lean six sigma and BIM framework for enhancing off-site manufacturing3
Agile project management in Jordan’s construction industry: principles, implementation, and adoption challenges in developing countries3
An exploratory study of the relationships between Lean practices and team performance in higher education3
Assessing the transition from mass production to lean manufacturing using a hybrid simulation model of a LEGO® automotive assembly line3
A comparative study of the impact of LSSI4.0 implementation on the financial performance of Chinese manufacturing firms: an empirical analysis3
Status of Lean Six Sigma implementation in Indian industries: a cross-sectional national survey3
The mediating effect of employee’s ability, motivation, and opportunity to participate (AMO) on the relationship between investment in Lean Six Sigma training and service recovery performance3
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