OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Production Planning & Control is 32. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A digital supply chain twin for managing the disruption risks and resilience in the era of Industry 4.0	537
Drivers and barriers for Industry 4.0 readiness and practice: empirical evidence from small and medium-sized manufacturers	198
Food supply chain in the era of Industry 4.0: blockchain technology implementation opportunities and impediments from the perspective of people, process, performance, and technology	143
Lean Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 integration for Operational Excellence: evidence from Italian manufacturing companies	127
Industry 4.0 and the supply chain digitalisation: a blockchain diffusion perspective	124
Artificial intelligence in operations management and supply chain management: an exploratory case study	97
The impact of digitalization and servitization on the financial performance of a firm: an empirical analysis	94
The impact of Industry 4.0 on the reconciliation of dynamic capabilities: evidence from the European manufacturing industries	86
Industry 4.0 technologies: critical success factors for implementation and improvements in manufacturing companies	83
Blockchain adoption in food supply chains: a review and implementation framework	75
Big data supply chain analytics: ethical, privacy and security challenges posed to business, industries and society	71
Perspectives on the future of manufacturing within the Industry 4.0 era	65
Towards the next generation of manufacturing: implications of big data and digitalization in the context of industry 4.0	58
Additive manufacturing and supply chains – a systematic review	55
The impact of Operations and IT-related Industry 4.0 key technologies on organizational resilience	54
Sustainability challenges and how Industry 4.0 technologies can address them: a case study of a shipbuilding supply chain	52
Artificial intelligence and food security: swarm intelligence of AgriTech drones for smart AgriFood operations	51
Adoption of AI-empowered industrial robots in auto component manufacturing companies	50
Practical implications and future research agenda of lean manufacturing: a systematic literature review	48
Industry’s 4.0 transformation process: how to start, where to aim, what to be aware of	48
SMEs strategy and scale constraints impact on agri-food supply chain collaboration and firm performance	47
Sustainability implementation challenges in food supply chains: a case of UK artisan cheese producers	46
Sustainable supplier selection based on industry 4.0 initiatives within the context of circular economy implementation in supply chain operations	44
Big data analytics in turbulent contexts: towards organizational change for enhanced agility	43
The impact of relational capital on green supply chain management and financial performance	42

Combining lean and agile manufacturing competitive advantages through Industry 4.0 technologies: an integrative approach	39
Implementing industry 4.0 real-time performance management systems: the case of Schneider Electric	38
Examining the role of procurement 4.0 towards remanufacturing operations and circular economy	37
Lean manufacturing systems in the area of Industry 4.0: a lean automation plan of AGVs/IoT integration	37
Development of a conceptual model for lean supply chain planning in industry 4.0: multidimensional analysis for operations management	36
Digitalisation and quality management: problems and prospects	35
Supply chain traceability: a review of the benefits and its relationship with supply chain resilience	34