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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Perspectives on the evolution of a fabrication laboratory in an emerging country: a comparative lexicometric study of European FabLabs	148
Buyer-supplier dyad on performance and sustainability	106
Investigating the impact of smart manufacturing and interconnected emerging technologies in building smarter supply chains	92
The lean supply chain management response to technology uncertainty: consequences for operational performance and competitiveness	79
Enablers for green lean six sigma adoption in the manufacturing industry	71
Social media and sustainable innovation in manufacturing firms: a dynamic capability perspective	64
Business-to-business platform ecosystem practices and their impacts on firm performance: evidence from high-tech manufacturing firms	62
Effect of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between socio-technical practices and workers' performance	52
Suppliers' GHG mitigation strategies (Scope 3): the case of a steelmaking company	52
Opening manufacturing flexibility's black box: the unexplored role of internal flexibility	51
Supply chain concentration, digitalization and servitization of manufacturing firms	47
Enhancing ambidextrous green innovation: the role of green supply chain integration, knowledge capabilities and technology dynamism in manufacturing	46
Industry 4.0 benefits, challenges and critical success factors: a comparative analysis through the lens of resource dependence theory across continents and economies	46
An implementation model for socio-technical digital tools	41
The effect of green supply chain management practices on carbon-neutral supply chain performance: the mediating role of logistics eco-centricity	38
The effect of NPD complexity on NPD performance via inter-organizational collaboration and conflict	36
Digital transformation readiness in large manufacturing firms: a building block model proposition	36
Sociotechnical factors and Industry 4.0: an integrative perspective for the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies	35
Exploring the digitalization paradox: the impact of digital technology convergence on manufacturing firm performance	35
Lean 4.0: a systematic literature review on the interaction between lean production and industry 4.0 pillars	34
Combining internal quality-oriented product design with external supplier involvement for enhancing operational performance: the moderating role of product modularity	34
A note on bi-objective optimization for sustainable supply chain network design in omnichannel	33
Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda	31
Linking manufacturing firms with environment: role of green manufacturing and environmental management on firm’s environmental performance with moderating effect of external environmental regulations	31
Achieving green product and process innovation through green leadership and creative engagement in manufacturing	30

How customer integration drives green innovation: exploring the influence of regulatory pressures and market changes	29
The strategic role of R&D outsourcing practices and partners in the relationship between product modularization and new product development efficiency	29
3D printing driven business model innovation and supply chain operations: a perspective of strategic alignment	29
The effects of the Toyota Way on agile manufacturing: an empirical analysis	29
Guest editorial: State-of-the-art for manufacturing management: advancing the research agenda and practice through literature reviews	28
An enquiry into competitive value of sustainable manufacturing capabilities	28
Does the integration of lean production and Industry 4.0 in green supply chains generate a better operational performance?	27
Lean manufacturing in the last decade: insights from published case studies	27
The impact of management support on individual learning opportunity and creativity performance in Hong Kong manufacturing companies	27
Strategies for achieving customer order flexibility – supplier perspective	26
Industry 4.0: what is the relationship between manufacturing strategies, critical success factors and technology adoption?	26
Advancing maturity in the adoption of digital technologies for energy efficiency in manufacturing industry	25
Nexus between lean operations, eco-product innovativeness, social, green and business performances: an empirical evidence from Ghanaian manufacturing SMEs	25
The realization and transformation law of the boundary-spanning technological innovation of manufacturing enterprises based on the framework of “internal reconfiguration – networking capability – BSTI	25
Ecosystem-related digital capabilities and radical service innovation: evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry	25
SMEs innovating in collaborative networks: how does absorptive capacity matter for innovation performance in times of good partnership quality?	24
Quick changeover design: a new Lean methodology to support the design of machines in terms of rapid changeover capability	24
Assessing the adoption of critical success factors for lean six sigma implementation	24
A systematic review with meta-analysis of supply chain agility antecedents and its effect on firm performance	23
Guest editorial: Creativity management and manufacturing firms' performance	23
Effects of Industry 4.0 technologies and servitization on firm performance: evidence from the Pakistani manufacturing sector	23
Fourth industrial (r)evolution? Investigating the use of technology bundles and performance implications	22
Unpacking the nice-to-have and must-have antecedents and outcomes of supplier commitment	22
The role of leadership in digital transformation – a paradox way to improve operational performance	21
The impact of digital voice of customer and product lifecycle management on Quality 4.0: moderating role of AI in SMEs	21
Implementing Hoshin Kanri in small manufacturing companies	21
Assessing the impact of fusion-based additive manufacturing technologies on green supply chain management performance	21
Global value chain breadth and firm productivity: the enhancing effect of Industry 4.0	20
Technological management capabilities as a pathway toward green production and green competitive advantage	20
Developing capabilities underlying to Industry 4.0 design principles within the manufacturing context	19
Sustaining lean changes: the influence and significance of different change sustainability factors in maturing lean change programmes	19
A framework for the prioritization of industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing technologies based on network theory	19
Strategic governance dynamics in manufacturing firms: navigating operational performance through contractual and relational mechanisms in the face of product complexity	18
Small and medium-sized manufacturers’ ways of involving suppliers in digitally-enabled services	18
Configurations for emerging market firms to achieve a high-level servitization strategy: evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms	18
Providers or users of Industry 4.0-based solutions: how does the innovation ecosystem affect a company’s decision to engage in Industry 4.0?	18
Drivers of green supply chain integration and green product innovation: a motivation-opportunity-ability framework and a dynamic capabilities perspective	17
Generative artificial intelligence in manufacturing: opportunities for actualizing Industry 5.0 sustainability goals	17
Alternative paths to high mass customization capability and the subsequent performance outcome	17
Challenges and benefits for small and medium enterprises in the transformation to smart manufacturing: a systematic literature review and framework	17
How can lean tools support the innovation process of SMEs?	17
The implementation of Lean Six Sigma for operational excellence in digital emerging technology companies	16
Digital organisational readiness: experiences from manufacturing companies	16
Linking dynamic capability with mass customization capability: the mediating role of supply chain resilience	16
A comparative review of the complementary and conflicting nature of lean production and green manufacturing implementation	15
What happens with the host during reshoring? An exploration of the host company's response in China	15
Exploring whether digital technologies ameliorate firms’ servitization: the moderating role of organizational slack and research and development intensity	15
The impact of servitization on the environmental and social performance in manufacturing firms	14
Role of leadership in the digitalisation of manufacturing organisations	14
Navigating innovation in the age of AI: how generative AI and innovation influence organizational performance in the manufacturing sector	14

How do environmental taxes affect green process innovation? Evidence from the Chinese manufacturing industry	14
Organizational creativity and sustainability-oriented innovation as drivers of sustainable development: overcoming firms' economic, environmental and social sustainability challenges	14
Cross-functional integration between demand and supply processes: a case study about the role of digital technologies	13
The nature and role of informal resilience practices in the performance of lean production systems	13
Effects of CEO and COO overconfidence on the firm's inventory leanness	13
The contingent effect of supply chain strategies on the relationship between supply chain integration and operational performance in manufacturing context	12
Augmented reality for industrial services provision: the factors influencing a successful adoption in manufacturing companies	12
Stimulating investments in manufacturing: can policy create supply chains from a void?	12
A deep attention based approach for predictive maintenance applications in IoT scenarios	12
Effects of Industry 4.0 on different export dimensions: empirical analysis on manufacturing SMEs	12
Green lean six sigma practices: a scale development and measurement model from an engineer’s perspective	12
Managing multi-sided platforms in an emerging country: challenges, critical success factors and contrasts with traditional companies	12
Shirking in supply chain collaborations: do circular economy entrepreneurship and technical capability moderate impacts for circular economy performance?	11
Digital transformation maturity model development framework based on design science: case studies in manufacturing industry	11
Resilience, complexity and digital transformation: three case studies in the valves industry	11
Assessing Industry 4.0 readiness in manufacturing: a self-diagnostic framework and an illustrative case study	11
Linking incremental and radical creativity to product and process innovation with organisational knowledge	11
Value-capture in digital servitization	10
Effects of lean manufacturing on sustainable performance: results from two conceptual approaches	10
Integrating Green Lean Six Sigma and industry 4.0: a conceptual framework	10
Challenges in the implementation of lean manufacturing in the wood and furniture industry	10
Are smart contracts too smart for Supply Chain 4.0? A blockchain framework to mitigate challenges	10
Organizational changes approaches to facilitate the management of Industry 4.0 transformation in manufacturing SMEs	10
Adopting sustainability business models for value creation and delivery: an empirical investigation of manufacturing firms	9
Research on product-service systems: topic landscape and future trends	9
Technology-pushed, market-pulled, or government-driven? The adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in a developing economy	9
Integrate or separate: lean and digitalization programs through the lens of boundary work management	9
Supply chain resilience and international manufacturing strategy: a case study from the semiconductor industry	9
Investigating the efficacy of isomorphic pressures on the adoption of green manufacturing practices and its influence on organizational legitimacy and financial performance	9
An IoT-based and cloud-assisted AI-driven monitoring platform for smart manufacturing: design architecture and experimental validation	9
Investigating the impact of smart manufacturing on firms' operational and financial performance	9
Identifying factors influencing industry 4.0 adoption for sustainability	9
Does lean inventory management alleviate financing constraints?	9
Antecedents and consequences of green supply chain management practices in Ghana’s manufacturing sector	8
The impact of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between TPM and maintenance performance	8
Industry 4.0 technologies and sustainable performance: do green supply chain collaboration, circular economy practices, technological readiness and environmental dynamism matter?	8
Unlocking supply chain product and process innovation through the development of supply chain learning capabilities under technological turbulence: Evidence from Egyptian SMEs	8
Translating transparency into value: an approach to design IoT solutions	8
Lean Six Sigma practices supported by Industry 4.0 technologies: evidence from heavy vehicle manufacturers	8
Impact of digital technologies on manufacturing firm resilience during COVID-19 pandemic: a PLS-SEM and artificial neural network analysis	8
Comparing viewpoints of top management, consultants and employees about Lean Six Sigma	8
Does customer concentration hinder or enhance manufacturing firms’ ESG performance? Customer concentration, manufacturer industry competition and ESG performance	8
Additive manufacturing technology integration: an operational capability perspective	8
Internet of things, big data analytics and operational performance: the mediating effect of supply chain visibility	8
The impact of lean inventory management on ESG performance	7
Supply chain resilience and performance of manufacturing firms: role of supply chain disruption	7
The workers' perspective: emotional consequences during a lean manufacturing change based on VSM analysis	7
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on manufacturing operations and supply chain resilience: effects and response strategies	7
Towards quality 4.0 in home appliances: definitions, deployment scenarios, and future perspectives	7
Factors influencing Industry 4.0 adoption	7
Manufacturers managing complexity during the digital servitization journey	7
Demystifying operator 4.0 through an integrative framework	7
Leveraging the value from digitalization: a business model exploration of new technology-based firms in vertical farming	7
Drum-Buffer-Rope in an engineering-to-order productive system: a case study in a Brazilian aerospace company	7
Investigating the effect of Industry 4.0 technologies on Lean bundles: a stakeholder perspective for quality improvement	7
Unpacking the value conversion in a circular business model: exploring the effect of competitive criteria	6
Manufacturer's servitization level and financial performance: the role of risk management	6
Does technological innovation matter in the nexus between supply chain resilience and performance of manufacturing firms in a developing economy?	6
Dealing with resistance to the use of Industry 4.0 technologies in production disturbance management	6
Enabling supply chain efficacy through supply chain absorptive capacity and ambidexterity: empirical study from Middle East region - a moderated-mediation model	6
Open-source 3-D printing materials database generator	6
Managing routines and keeping on track: technology, human cognition and performativity in SMEs	6
Smart manufacturing maturity models and their applicability: a review	6
Manufacturing internationalization: from distance to proximity? A longitudinal analysis of offshoring choices	5
Utilizing organizational ambidexterity to implement long-term technical change in fast-paced manufacturing settings	5
How servitization affects firm performance: the moderating roles of corporate social responsibility and green innovation	5
Navigating implementation strategies: insights from XPS programmes	5
Why project success in manufacturing digitalization remains elusive: charting the way forward	5
Unleashing the power of manufacturing flexibility: enhancing performance in Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry	5
Analysing the alignment between the Green Lean and Circular strategies: towards a Circular Lean approach	5
Strategizing organizational capabilities for industrial digitalization – exploring managers' technological frames	5
Influence of supply chain digitalization on supply chain agility, resilience and performance: environmental dynamism as a moderator	5
The effect of the industry technology intensity on the drivers of manufacturing backshoring	5
Critical categories of nostalgia and their negative impact on green manufacturing intentions for processed food products	5
Effects of product complexity on human learning in assembly and disassembly operations	5
The moderating role of technological collaboration in the relationship between absorptive capacity and servitization: an open innovation approach in high-tech industries	5
The mechanism of knowledge management process toward minimizing technical risks under green implementation network: a direct and configurational approach	5
Synergistic effect of green knowledge sharing and green creative climate for circular economy practices: role of artificial intelligence information quality	5