OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma is 7. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrigendum: Teaching lean manufacturing at a postgraduate level: integrating traditional teaching methods and problem-based learning approach	70
Green Lean Six Sigma in manufacturing sector: model construction and effect prediction	70
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing	65
Toyota Kata’s approach for implementing Lean Maintenance: an action research study	57
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey	52
The moderating role of organizational culture in the effect of lean production on operational performance	46
Lean Six Sigma 4.0 in an empirical application: a case of digital measurement for thickness deviation on a galvanizing line in a steel industry	43
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability	40
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma	38
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity	30
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream	29
Communicating operational excellence 5.0: evidence from CSRD sustainability disclosures	28
Unraveling role of artificial intelligence capability through digital twin practices, lean six sigma and total quality management for smart manufacturing performance	28
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study	28
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method	26
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis	25
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco	24
Improving the admission process in a higher education institute using lean six sigma: a case study	23
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry	22
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?	22
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	21
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?	20
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study	20
Green Lean Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 integration for manufacturing sustainability: developing a design science research-based framework	20
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study	19

Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-19	19
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future	18
Integrated Lean Six-Sigma 4.0 operational excellence: a fuzzy social networks hybrid MCDM model to assess tourism organisations’ resilience	18
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances	16
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China	16
Integration of industry 4.0 technologies to overcome lean manufacturing barriers in Sri Lanka’s apparel sector	16
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development	16
Factors impacting patient flows in the emergency department	15
Integrating the Shingo model with ISO management system standards and lean six sigma: a conceptual framework	15
Integrating sustainability into process excellence: a green lean six sigma approach with a novel sustainable performance metric	15
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye	14
Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance	14
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse	14
Toward the integration of an updated Lean Six Sigma in automotive industry: a survey and case study	14
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, organization, operation and people	14
Exploring operational excellence in North African manufacturing enterprises: uncovering best practices, success and failure factors	14
Social culture and lean–green practices: perspectives from medium and large firms in Ecuador	14
Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives	14
Impact of lean six sigma practices on organizational performance in the public automotive manufacturing factories in Ethiopia, Africa: mediating effect of operational performance	14
Lean management research in Iberoamerican countries: state of the art, gaps and potential opportunities	13
Productivity enhancement through supply chain leanness and agility initiatives in manufacturing systems	12
Development of a framework for Poka-Yoke system performance assessment during the service design for attaining leanness	12
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing	12
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature	11
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective	11
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia	11
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies	10
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies	10
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study	10
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness	10
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study	9
Organizational excellence in the digital era: a bibliometric and thematic analysis	9
Operational excellence in hospitals	9
Enhancing shutdown maintenance performance using Lean Six Sigma: a case study	9
Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm	9
Startup real options valuation under STO-based financing: a binomial–edgeworth model framed by Lean 5.0	9
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach	9
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects	9
Optimizing operational costs to improve accessibility of higher education: a novel integration of activity-based costing and Lean management	9
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma	9
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective	9
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC	9
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions	8
Project portfolio selection and prioritization through supervised machine learning in continuous improvement projects	8
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare	8
Lean manufacturing and sustainability pillars. A systematic literature review	8
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework	8
Evaluation of the medium- to long-term effects of Lean Healthcare implementation in the emergency service care	8
Assessing alignment of organizational practices with operational excellence principles: evidence from an eye hospital setting	8
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey	8

Integrating continuous improvement and innovation thinking in the banking sector: a case study from South Africa	7
Postoperative pain management quality improvement project using Six-Sigma methodology in Alexandria University Students Hospital, Egypt	7
A sustainable solution for lean barriers through a fuzzy DEMATEL methodology with a case study from the Indian manufacturing industry	7
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations	7
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective	7
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis	7
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case	7
Toward a human-centric digital workplace: a Shingo-based framework bridging Industry 4.0 and 5.0	7
National programmes for implementing lean in organisations	7
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation	7
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America	7
Optimizing soybean seed production: integrating DMAIC and roguing for enhanced efficiency	7
Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies through lean tools: evidence from the European Manufacturing Survey	7