International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
The moderating role of organizational culture in the effect of lean production on operational performance55
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing54
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability49
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity40
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey39
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma37
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry35
Lean Six Sigma 4.0 in an empirical application: a case of digital measurement for thickness deviation on a galvanizing line in a steel industry35
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream35
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?32
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve timeliness of clinical laboratory test results in a university hospital in Egypt31
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method30
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study29
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis29
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco24
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis23
Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-1919
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study19
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China19
Integrated Lean Six-Sigma 4.0 operational excellence: a fuzzy social networks hybrid MCDM model to assess tourism organisations’ resilience19
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future18
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?18
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study18
Factors impacting patient flows in the emergency department17
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development17
Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance16
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances16
Exploring operational excellence in North African manufacturing enterprises: uncovering best practices, success and failure factors15
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse15
Research on optimization and simulation of sand casting production line based on VSM14
Toward the integration of an updated Lean Six Sigma in automotive industry: a survey and case study14
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, organization, operation and people13
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye13
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing13
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia12
Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives12
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies12
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective12
An empirical investigation of the role of lean six sigma practices on quality performance in medical device manufacturing industry12
Operational excellence in hospitals11
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness11
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study11
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects11
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies11
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature11
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective11
Enhancing shutdown maintenance performance using Lean Six Sigma: a case study10
Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm10
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC10
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions10
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma10
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework10
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study10
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach10
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis9
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey9
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations9
Providing a model of LeAgile hybrid paradigm practices and its impact on supply chain performance9
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare9
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation9
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective9
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings9
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America8
Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies through lean tools: evidence from the European Manufacturing Survey8
Postoperative pain management quality improvement project using Six-Sigma methodology in Alexandria University Students Hospital, Egypt8
Optimizing soybean seed production: integrating DMAIC and roguing for enhanced efficiency8
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case8
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