OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma is 8. 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
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey	57
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma	56
The moderating role of organizational culture in the effect of lean production on operational performance	53
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity	43
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing	42
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	40
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability	38
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco	36
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry	35
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method	34
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study	32
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?	31
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis	29
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream	25
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve timeliness of clinical laboratory test results in a university hospital in Egypt	24
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study	21
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future	20
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?	20
Integrated Lean Six-Sigma 4.0 operational excellence: a fuzzy social networks hybrid MCDM model to assess tourism organisations’ resilience	19
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	19
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study	19
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China	19
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances	18
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development	18
Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-19	18

Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance	16
Factors impacting patient flows in the emergency department	16
Exploring operational excellence in North African manufacturing enterprises: uncovering best practices, success and failure factors	15
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, organization, operation and people	15
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing	14
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye	14
Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives	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	13
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective	12
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies	12
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia	12
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective	12
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature	12
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies	12
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness	12
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study	12
Research on optimization and simulation of sand casting production line based on VSM	12
Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm	11
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma	11
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach	11
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study	11
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC	11
Operational excellence in hospitals	11
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects	11
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation	10
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings	10
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework	10
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis	10
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions	10
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey	10
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare	10
Enhancing shutdown maintenance performance using Lean Six Sigma: a case study	10
Providing a model of LeAgile hybrid paradigm practices and its impact on supply chain performance	9
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective	9
Optimizing soybean seed production: integrating DMAIC and roguing for enhanced efficiency	9
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations	8
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America	8
Postoperative pain management quality improvement project using Six-Sigma methodology in Alexandria University Students Hospital, Egypt	8
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case	8
Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies through lean tools: evidence from the European Manufacturing Survey	8