OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management is 5. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of Industry 4.0 implementation on supply chains	232
How do industry 4.0 technologies influence organisational change? An empirical analysis of Italian SMEs	110
Human Capital 4.0: a workforce competence typology for Industry 4.0	110
Digital transformation success under Industry 4.0: a strategic guideline for manufacturing SMEs	108
Achieving supply chain resilience: the role of supply chain ambidexterity and supply chain agility	99
Analyzing barriers of Green Lean practices in manufacturing industries by DEMATEL approach	80
Exploring the link between green manufacturing, operational competitiveness, firm reputation and sustainable performance dimensions: a mediated approach	72
Smart remanufacturing: a review and research framework	71
Drivers and barriers of Industry 4.0 technology adoption among manufacturing SMEs: a systematic review and transformation roadmap	68
Understanding the influence of environmental production practices on firm performance: a proactive versus reactive approach	56
Achieving green product and process innovation through green leadership and creative engagement in manufacturing	54
The digitalization of manufacturing: investigating the impact of production environment and company size	53
Industry 4.0: a review and analysis of contingency and performance effects	50
The relationship among green human capital, green logistics practices, green competitiveness, social performance and financial performance	49
Sociotechnical factors and Industry 4.0: an integrative perspective for the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies	48
Proactive risk mitigation strategies and supply chain risk management performance: an empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in Turkey	48
The effect of green HRM practices on green competitive advantage of manufacturing firms	47
Implementing Industry 4.0: assessing the current state	47
Towards the proposition of a Lean Automation framework	44
The influence of lean management and environmental practices on relative competitive quality advantage and performance	43
Factors influencing Industry 4.0 adoption	43
Industry 4.0 collaborative networks for industrial performance	41
Investigating the efficacy of isomorphic pressures on the adoption of green manufacturing practices and its influence on organizational legitimacy and financial performance	40
Exploring the mediating influences of total quality management and just in time between green supply chain practices and performance	39
Green supply chain management practices and its impact on organizational performance: evidence from Indian manufacturers	39

Blockchain adoption in the supply chain: an appraisal on challenges	37
Cultivating product innovation performance through creativity: the impact of organizational agility and flexibility under technological turbulence	37
Being lean: how to shape digital transformation in the manufacturing sector	35
A digital readiness check for the evaluation of supply chain aspects and company size for Industry 4.0	32
Analysis of enablers on the successful implementation of green manufacturing for Irish SMEs	32
An analysis of the global additive manufacturing response to the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Impact of sustainable practices on sustainable performance: the moderating role of supply chain visibility	29
Road to digital manufacturing – a longitudinal case-based analysis	29
Human resource practices accompanying industry 4.0 in European manufacturing industry	28
A topic-based patent analytics approach for exploring technological trends in smart manufacturing	28
The smart SME technology readiness assessment methodology in the context of industry 4.0	27
Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda	27
Cross-disciplinary innovations by Taiwanese manufacturing SMEs in the context of Industry 4.0	26
Digital organisational readiness: experiences from manufacturing companies	26
Lean and agile manufacturing: complementary or competing capabilities?	26
Environmental uncertainty and supply chain performance: the effect of agility	25
A systematic literature review regarding the influence of lean manufacturing on firms' financial performance	25
Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework	25
Industry 4.0 enabling manufacturing flexibility: technology contributions to individual resource and shop floor flexibility	23
Development of a lean assessment tool and measuring the effect of culture from employee perception	23
Research on product-service systems: topic landscape and future trends	23
Internet of things, big data analytics and operational performance: the mediating effect of supply chain visibility	23
A framework proposition to identify customer value through lean practices	22
Implications of green HRM on the firm's green competitive advantage: the mediating role of enablers of green culture	22
Global value chain breadth and firm productivity: the enhancing effect of Industry 4.0	21
A sustainable circular 3D printing model for recycling metal scrap in the automotive industry	21
Organizational creativity and sustainability-oriented innovation as drivers of sustainable development: overcoming firms' economic, environmental and social sustainability challenges	20
Antecedents and consequences of green supply chain management in Taiwan's electric and electronic industry	20
Extending lean management along the supply chain: impact on efficiency	20
The impact of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between TPM and maintenance performance	19
Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study	19
Assessing the impact of fusion-based additive manufacturing technologies on green supply chain management performance	18
Relationship follows technology! How Industry 4.0 reshapes future buyer-supplier relationships	18
The impact of servitization on the environmental and social performance in manufacturing firms	18
Organizational adoption of 3D printing technology: a semisystematic literature review	17
Assessing Industry 4.0 readiness in manufacturing: a self-diagnostic framework and an illustrative case study	16
Untangling service design routines for digital servitization: empirical insights of smart PSS in maritime industry	16
Consequences of sustainable innovations on the reshoring drivers’ framework	16
The implementation of Lean Six Sigma for operational excellence in digital emerging technology companies	16
Industry 4.0 technologies usage: motives and enablers	16
An integrative approach for structuring and prioritising eco-innovation determinants with a survey in knowledge-based companies	15
Value-capture in digital servitization	15
Data-based decision-making in maintenance service delivery: the D3M framework	15
Analysing the alignment between the Green Lean and Circular strategies: towards a Circular Lean approach	15
Factors for metal additive manufacturing technology selection	15
The influence of IIoT on manufacturing network coordination	14
Catching the wave: Industry 4.0 in BRICS	14
Impact of improvement tools on standardization and stability goal practices	14
Application of design thinking to product-configuration projects	14
Interactive research: concepts, contributions and challenges	14

Global manufacturing value networks: assessing the critical roles of platform ecosystems and Industry 4.0	14
The interplay between digital manufacturing and dynamic capabilities: an empirical examination of direct and indirect effects on firm performance	14
Lean production myths: an exploratory study	13
Servitization maturity model: developing distinctive capabilities for successful servitization in manufacturing companies	13
Are smart contracts too smart for Supply Chain 4.0? A blockchain framework to mitigate challenges	13
Exploring the interrelations between additive manufacturing adoption barriers and supply chain vulnerabilities: the case of an original equipment manufacturer	13
Making or breaking the business case of digital transformation initiatives: the key role of learnings	13
Linking incremental and radical creativity to product and process innovation with organisational knowledge	13
Adopting service suppliers for servitisation: which type of supplier involvement is more effective?	13
Business model innovation and growth of manufacturing SMEs: a social exchange perspective	12
“A conceptual four-stage maturity model of a firm's green manufacturing technology alternatives and performance measures”	12
The workers' perspective: emotional consequences during a lean manufacturing change based on VSM analysis	12
Digital transformation maturity model development framework based on design science: case studies in manufacturing industry	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on manufacturing operations and supply chain resilience: effects and response strategies	12
The role of innovation ecosystems in Industry 4.0 adoption	11
How ICT capability affects the environmental performance of manufacturing firms? – Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey in China	11
Assessing industrial barriers of additively manufactured digital spare part implementation in the machine-building industry: a cross-organizational focus group interview study	11
A strategy development process for Smart Maintenance implementation	11
Buyer-assisted lean intervention in supplier firms: a supplier development approach	11
Effects of political networking capability and strategic capability on exploratory and exploitative innovation: evidence from traditional manufacturing firms in China	11
Blockchain technology and circular economy in the environment of total productive maintenance: a natural resource-based view perspective	11
Establishing SME–university collaboration through innovation support programmes	11
Additive manufacturing value chain adoption	10
Does plant role moderate relationship between internal manufacturing network integration, external supply chain integration, operational performance in manufacturing network?	10
Servitisation and performance in the business-to-business context: the moderating role of Industry 4.0 technologies	10
Assessing the adoption of critical success factors for lean six sigma implementation	10
Green practices and sustainability performance: the exploratory links of organizational culture and quality improvement practices	10
Additive manufacturing technologies and business models – a systematic literature review	10
Motivations and challenges with the diffusion of additive manufacturing through a non-profit association	10
Case-based reasoning for complexity management in Industry 4.0	10
Direct and indirect influences of supply chain management practices on competitive advantage in fast fashion manufacturing industry	10
Augmented reality for industrial services provision: the factors influencing a successful adoption in manufacturing companies	9
The effect of organizational support for creativity on innovation and market performance: the moderating role of market dynamism	9
Supply chain resilience and performance of manufacturing firms: role of supply chain disruption	9
Nexus between lean operations, eco-product innovativeness, social, green and business performances: an empirical evidence from Ghanaian manufacturing SMEs	9
SMEs innovating in collaborative networks: how does absorptive capacity matter for innovation performance in times of good partnership quality?	8
Measuring the influence values of lean criteria on leanness	8
Circular supply chain practices and corporate sustainability performance: do ethical supply chain leadership and environmental orientation make a difference?	8
Development of a decision support system for assessing the supply chain risk mitigation strategies: an application in Indian petroleum supply chain	8
Effect of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between socio-technical practices and workers' performance	8
Challenges in the implementation of lean manufacturing in the wood and furniture industry	8
Collaborative approach to digital transformation (CADT) model for manufacturing SMEs	8
Cloud manufacturing: a myth or future of global manufacturing?	8
The impact of product variety on fill rate, inventory and sales performance in the consumer goods industry	7
The sequence of implementation of reconfigurability core characteristics in manufacturing systems	7
Innovation capabilities and the organization of the firm: evidence from Brazil	7
The effect of the industry technology intensity on the drivers of manufacturing backshoring	7
Lean manufacturing implementation and performance: the role of economic volatility in an emerging economy	7
Drivers of green supply chain integration and green product innovation: a motivation-opportunity-ability framework and a dynamic capabilities perspective	7
The lean supply chain management response to technology uncertainty: consequences for operational performance and competitiveness	7
Interplay between lean management and circular production system: implications for zero-waste performance, green value competitiveness, and social reputation	7
Do repetitive and non-repetitive companies equally benefit from Lean 4.0?	7
Relevance of the cooperation in financing the automobile industry's supply chain: the case of reverse factoring	7
Deploying ambidexterity through better management practices: an investigation based on high-variety, low-volume manufacturing	6
The effects of the Toyota Way on agile manufacturing: an empirical analysis	6
Comparing viewpoints of top management, consultants and employees about Lean Six Sigma	6
Does technological innovation matter in the nexus between supply chain resilience and performance of manufacturing firms in a developing economy?	6
Superior position equal to greater influence? The moderating role of technological complexity	6
Linking industrial agglomeration and manufacturers inventory performance: the moderating role of firm size and enterprise status in the supply chain	6
Enabling supply chain efficacy through supply chain absorptive capacity and ambidexterity: empirical study from Middle East region - a moderated-mediation model	6
Digital production innovation projects – The applicability of managerial controls under high levels of complexity and uncertainty	6
Leveraging the value from digitalization: a business model exploration of new technology-based firms in vertical farming	6
Managerial perspectives on green-lean-six sigma adoption in the flexible packaging industry: empirical evidence from an emerging economy	6
Effects of CEO and COO overconfidence on the firm's inventory leanness	5
Effects of inventive capabilities on new product development performance: the knowledge combination view	5
Demand-pull vs supply-push strategy: the effects of organizational structure on supply chain integration and response capabilities	5
Resources and capabilities for Industry 4.0 implementation: evidence from proactive Portuguese SMEs	5
Interactive research in production start-up—application and outcomes	5
How do environmental taxes affect green process innovation? Evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry	5
Integrating manufacturing and R&D functions for better quality and product development performance	5
Inventory stickiness, environmental dynamism, financial constraints and survival of new SMEs in China	5
The mechanism of knowledge management process toward minimizing technical risks under green implementation network: a direct and configurational approach	5
Motives and performance outcomes of mass customization capability: evidence from Chinese manufacturers	5
Resilience, complexity and digital transformation: three case studies in the valves industry	5
Driving forces for industry 4.0 readiness, sustainable manufacturing practices and circular economy capabilities: does firm size matter?	5
Does rational culture matter in the relationship between lean manufacturing practices and operational productivity?	5
The impact of dynamic capabilities on circular economy: the mediating effect of the industrial Internet of things	5
Implementing Hoshin Kanri in small manufacturing companies	5