OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma is 9. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability	56
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey	51
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma	48
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing	42
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity	38
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	37
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?	36
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis	36
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco	33
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry	33
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study	32
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream	31
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve timeliness of clinical laboratory test results in a university hospital in Egypt	28
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method	28
A reconsideration of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare after the COVID-19 crisis	27
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	27
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?	27
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study	23
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future	22
Relationships among lean, service quality expectation and performance in hospitals	20
Using lean techniques and discrete-event simulation for performance improvement in an outpatient clinic	19
Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-19	18
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study	17
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China	17
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development	17

An empirical investigation of the role of lean six sigma practices on quality performance in medical device manufacturing industry	16
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances	16
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing	16
Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance	16
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye	16
Factors impacting patient flows in the emergency department	16
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse	15
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	14
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies	13
Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives	13
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness	13
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies	13
Toward the integration of an updated Lean Six Sigma in automotive industry: a survey and case study	13
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature	13
Research on optimization and simulation of sand casting production line based on VSM	13
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study	12
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective	12
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective	12
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia	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
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study	11
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects	11
Operational excellence in hospitals	11
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey	10
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions	10
Lean management in universities: a systematic literature review	10
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework	10
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC	10
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach	10
A decade of the international journal of lean six sigma: bibliometric overview	10
A systematic literature review of lean manufacturing implementation in manufacturing-based sectors of the developing and developed countries	10
Investigating the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing and supply chain relationship: an empirical analysis	10
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective	9
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis	9
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare	9
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation	9
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations	9
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings	9
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America	9
Providing a model of LeAgile hybrid paradigm practices and its impact on supply chain performance	9