OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Lean Six Sigma is 3. 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
Evaluating critical failure factors for implementing sustainable lean six sigma framework in manufacturing organization	47
Lean Six Sigma as an organizational resilience mechanism in health care during the era of COVID-19	42
Critical review of literature on Lean Six Sigma methodology	39
Investigation and modeling of lean six sigma barriers in small and medium-sized industries using hybrid ISM-SEM approach	37
Barriers to adopting lean construction in the construction industry: a literature review	36
The application of Lean Six Sigma and supply chain resilience in maritime industry during the era of COVID-19	35
Impact of lean practices on organizational sustainability through green supply chain management – an empirical investigation	35
Green Lean Six Sigma sustainability – oriented project selection and implementation framework for manufacturing industry	31
Implementation of lean in health care environments: an update of systematic reviews	31
Assessment of readiness level for implementing lean six sigma in healthcare organization using fuzzy logic approach	27
Sustainability excellence: the interactions of lean production, internal green practices and green product innovation	24
Implementation of lean in IT SME company: an Italian case	24
Lean supply chain management and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review	22
A reconsideration of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare after the COVID-19 crisis	21
Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study	21
Role of Lean Six Sigma in the Indian MSMEs during COVID-19	21
Modern divulge in production optimization: an implementation framework of LARG manufacturing with Industry 4.0	20
A systematic literature review of lean manufacturing implementation in manufacturing-based sectors of the developing and developed countries	20
Future research methodologies of lean manufacturing: a systematic literature review	17
A toolset for complex decision-making in analyze phase of Lean Six Sigma project: a case validation	17
Challenges and action plans in construction sector owing to COVID-19 pandemic – a case in Indonesia real estates	17
Six sigma project prioritization and selection: a multi-criteria decision making approach in healthcare industry	17
Are Industry 4.0 technologies enablers of lean? Evidence from manufacturing industries	17
Impact of implementing lean practices on firm performance: a study of Northern India SMEs	17
Lean and resilience in the healthcare supply chain – a scoping review	15

The significance of employee behaviours and soft management practices to avoid digital waste during a digital transformation	15
Green Lean Six Sigma for sustainability improvement: a systematic review and future research agenda	15
A comparative analysis of green-lean-six sigma enablers and environmental outcomes: a natural resource-based view	14
A systematic literature review of lean six sigma adoption in European organizations	14
Prospect of lean practices towards construction supply chain management trends	13
Critical success factors of Lean Six Sigma from leaders’ perspective	13
Exploring relationships for integrating lean, environmental sustainability and industry 4.0	13
Interdependency analysis of lean manufacturing practices in case of Bulgarian SMEs: interpretive structural modelling and interpretive ranking modelling approach	13
Leading from the middle: how team leaders implement lean success factors	12
Requirements, challenges and impacts of Lean Six Sigma applications – a narrative synthesis of qualitative research	12
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings	12
Six Sigma for improving cash flow deficit: a case study in the food can manufacturing industry	11
Using lean techniques and discrete-event simulation for performance improvement in an outpatient clinic	11
MDAIC – a Six Sigma implementation strategy in big data environments	11
Measuring the impact of lean practices on manufacturing performance – case study from the process industry	11
Celebrating a decade ofInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma– a bibliometric analysis to uncover the “as is” and “to be” states	11
Industrial revolution and environmental sustainability: an analytical interpretation of research constituents in Industry 4.0	11
A methodology for applying the shop floor management method for sustaining lean manufacturing tools and philosophies: a study of an automotive company in Brazil	11
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC	11
An integrated spherical fuzzy AHP multi-criteria method for Covid-19 crisis management in regarding lean six sigma	10
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve timeliness of clinical laboratory test results in a university hospital in Egypt	10
Relationships among lean, service quality expectation and performance in hospitals	10
A framework for analyzing how context influences lean leadership	10
A multicase study approach in Indian manufacturing SMEs to investigate the effect of Lean manufacturing practices on sustainability performance	10
Impact of lean six sigma at pharmacy unit on hospital profitability before and during Covid-19 pandemic	9
Lean thinking in service digital transformation	9
Experience of lean application in higher education institutions	9
A relationship between bias, lean tools, and waste	9
Barriers for Lean implementation in the textile industry	9
A case study for surgical mask production during the COVID-19 pandemic: continuous improvement with Kaizen and 5S applications	9
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation	9
Addressing critical failure factors and barriers in implementing Lean Six Sigma in Italian public hospitals	8
Lean innovation training and transformational leadership for employee creative role identity and innovative work behavior in a public service organization	8
Effective hospital-wide lean implementation: top-down, bottom-up or through co-creative role modeling?	8
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse	8
The mediating role of innovation culture on the relationship between Six Sigma and organisational performance in Dubai police force	8
A decade of the international journal of lean six sigma: bibliometric overview	8
Lean supply chain management and Industry 4.0 interrelationships: the status quo and future perspectives	8
Linking practices to results: an analysis toward Lean Six Sigma deployment in the public sector	8
Lean manufacturing alignment with respect to performance metrics multinational corporations case study	8
The Lean principle respect for people as respect for craftsmanship	8
An integrated lean and ISO 14001 framework for environmental performance: an assessment of New Zealand meat industry	8
Integration of Six Sigma methodology of DMADV steps with QFD, DFMEA and TRIZ applications for image-based automated inspection system development: a case study	7
An Analysis of hospital characteristics on lean and service quality	7
Six sigma in health-care service: a case study on COVID 19 patients’ satisfaction	7
Competitive advantage through Six Sigma in sand casting industry to improve overall first-pass yield: a case study of SSE	7
Fostering insights and improvements from IIoT systems at the shop floor: a case of industry 4.0 and lean complementarity enabled by action learning	7
Analysis of the relationship between barriers and practices in the lean supply chain management	7
ISM–ANP hybrid approach to prioritize the barriers in green lean Six Sigma implementation in construction sector	7
Six sigma project prioritization and selection methods: a systematic literature review	6

Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development	6
Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis of a bag production industry based on the six sigma DMAIC approach	6
Implementing Lean Six Sigma in health care: a review of case studies	6
Providing a model of LeAgile hybrid paradigm practices and its impact on supply chain performance	6
Investigating the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing and supply chain relationship: an empirical analysis	6
The impact of lean manufacturing practices on operational and business performances at SMES in the wooden furniture industry	6
Effects of lean distributed manufacturing on factory’s resilience: the current practice in UK food manufacturing sector	6
Application of interpretive structural modelling for analysis of lean adoption barriers in heavy industry	6
Lean management in universities: a systematic literature review	6
Productivity increase in a large size slaughterhouse: a simulation approach applying lean manufacturing	5
Practical implications of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma in the public administration sector: a systematic literature review	5
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream	5
How to assess and improve the triple bottom line (TBL) in manufacturing processes: a real case in home appliance manufacturing	5
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study	5
Monitoring of overall equipment effectiveness by multivariate statistical process control	5
Exploratory factor analysis of barriers to lean construction based on Brazilian managers' perceptions	5
Orchestrated learning: creating a company-specific production system (XPS)	4
A visual and rhetorical perspective on management control systems	4
Transportation performance improvement through lean thinking implementation	4
Examining of the effect of HRM in mitigating negative effects of LM&SS on employee well-being in health care	4
Top management commitment and lean team members’ prosocial voice behaviour	4
The growing gap between lean production and digital lean tools	4
Lean healthcare implications in an occupational medicine clinic	4
A leadership maturity model for implementing Six Sigma in academic institutions – using case studies to build theory	4
Implementing Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce the logistics cost: a case study in Turkey	4
Mapping the lean supply chain management research through citation classics	4
Process mining and lean six sigma: a novel approach to analyze the supply chain quality of a hospital	4
Predictive Six Sigma for Turkish manufacturers: utilization of machine learning tools in DMAIC	4
Implementing and sustaining lean, buyer-supplier role, and COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the garment industry of Bangladesh	4
Learning of quality improvement theory – experiences with reflective learning from a student perspective	4
Interrelationships among lean HRM practices and their impact on firm performance: a comparison between the Jordanian and German models	3
Product-service system leanness assessment model: study of a UK manufacturing company	3
A sustainable solution for lean barriers through a fuzzy DEMATEL methodology with a case study from the Indian manufacturing industry	3
Towards the development of a system-wide quality improvement maturity model: a synthesis using systematic review and expert opinion	3
Implementing a customised Lean Six Sigma methodology at a compound animal feed manufacturer in Ireland	3
Impact of lean manufacturing: evidence from apparel industry in Bangladesh	3
Industry 4.0 and Lean Manufacturing – a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature and key recommendations for future research	3
Virtual reality supported trainings for lean education: conceptualization, design and evaluation of competency-oriented teaching-learning environments	3
Lean construction and resilience while coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of construction companies in Brazil	3
Lean waste assessment in a laboratory for training chemical analysts for the pharmaceutical industry	3
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis	3
Status of Lean Six Sigma implementation in Indian industries: a cross-sectional national survey	3
A fuzzy maturity-based method for lean supply chain management assessment	3
Standardizing Six Sigma Green Belt training: identification of the most frequently used measure phase DMAIC tools	3
How to build a quality management climate in a small to medium enterprise: an action research project	3
The HyDAPI framework: a versatile tool integrating Lean Six Sigma and digitalisation for improved quality management in Industry 4.0	3
Making a virtue of necessity once again: assessing the effect of temporary labor on lean practices in highly routinized environments	3