OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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

Article	Citations
Six sigma in health-care service: a case study on COVID 19 patients’ satisfaction	54
An integrated approach of zero defect manufacturing and process mining to avoid defect occurrence in production and improve sustainability	50
The academic pattern of the Lean Six Sigma approach: a descriptive content analysis of project-based studies within Turkey	48
Lean Six Sigma 4.0 in an empirical application: a case of digital measurement for thickness deviation on a galvanizing line in a steel industry	38
Developing value-based leadership for sustainable quality development: a meta-analysis from a study of Lean manufacturing	37
Celebrating a decade ofInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma– a bibliometric analysis to uncover the “as is” and “to be” states	37
Quality improvement of magnetron in Company T based on Six Sigma	37
Improving the impact of remote Playing Lean workshops through action inquiry and critical reflexivity	35
Do KM and TQM have an impact on employee effectiveness and supply chain performance?	34
Human centred lean – introducing the people value stream	33
Using Lean Six Sigma to improve timeliness of clinical laboratory test results in a university hospital in Egypt	32
Investigating building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction: the potential BIM-lean interactions synergy and integration in the Jordanian construction industry	30
Leadership behaviours for Lean Six Sigma: Jordan as a case study	28
Tracing the lean thinking in supply chain management: a comprehensive main path analysis	27
Roadmap for product development based on design for six sigma method	26
An exploratory study on the practice of operational excellence in the automotive industry in Morocco	26
How can a buying company develop a Toyota-style supplier network while its lean capabilities are still evolving?	25
Artificial intelligence in agile human resource practices: systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis	25
Integrated Green Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 approach to combat COVID-19: from literature review to framework development	23
A reconsideration of Lean Six Sigma in healthcare after the COVID-19 crisis	22
BIM and lean construction in prefabricated housing construction in China	20
Using lean techniques and discrete-event simulation for performance improvement in an outpatient clinic	18
Relationships among lean, service quality expectation and performance in hospitals	18
Exploring organisational culture: assessing readiness for lean production implementation – an empirical study	17
Consolidating lean practices with quick-response manufacturing: a boon or bane for the textiles industry during the era of COVID-19	16

Success factors for the adoption of green lean six sigma in healthcare facility: an ISM-MICMAC study	16
Swedish quality: a historical perspective and reflections for the future	16
The collaborative approaches of the knowledge-based performance management system and lean six sigma to improve contractor productivity and safety performances	15
Development of a retail supply chain process reference model incorporating Lean Six Sigma initiatives	15
Lean monitoring: action research in manufacturing	15
Exploring operational excellence in North African manufacturing enterprises: uncovering best practices, success and failure factors	15
Building bridges in uncertain times: supply relationships, lean supply chain management and performance	15
An empirical investigation of the role of lean six sigma practices on quality performance in medical device manufacturing industry	15
Guest editorial: Lean Six Sigma developments in Türkiye	15
Teaching a Lean masterclass in the metaverse	14
Research on optimization and simulation of sand casting production line based on VSM	14
Front-line lean leader capacities, practices and effects on implementing tools: a survey of leaders in industrial companies	13
From the Great Wall to great workflow: lean six sigma in Chinese listed companies	13
Revolutionizing healthcare organizations with Operational Excellence and Healthcare 4.0: a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature	13
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, organization, operation and people	13
A holistic framework for successfully implementing a plant-wide lean pull system: evidence from an automotive supplier in Tunisia	12
Overall lean and green effectiveness based on the environmentally sustainable value stream mapping adapted to agribusiness	12
Prioritizing the mitigation strategies to lean and green barriers using fuzzy BWM-FTOPSIS method in the food supply chain: an empirical case study	12
Critical success factors of Lean in Higher Education: an international perspective	12
The financial implications of XPS: an organizational learning perspective	12
Driving corporate digitization with reliable data through the A3 approach: an Italian case study	11
Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm	11
Reduction of exceeding the guaranteed service time for external trucks at the DCT Gdańsk container terminal using a six sigma framework	10
Quality 4.0 – an evolution of Six Sigma DMAIC	10
Investigating the impacts of ISO 9001 certification on lean manufacturing and supply chain relationship: an empirical analysis	10
Operational excellence in hospitals	10
A decade of the international journal of lean six sigma: bibliometric overview	10
Lean management in universities: a systematic literature review	10
A complete lean system design for team-oriented product development projects	10
A systematic literature review of lean manufacturing implementation in manufacturing-based sectors of the developing and developed countries	10
Lean manufacturing and environmental performance: a meta-analytic approach	10
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma	10
An Analysis of hospital characteristics on lean and service quality	9
Providing a model of LeAgile hybrid paradigm practices and its impact on supply chain performance	9
The adoption of Lean in the Greek public sector. An employee perspective	9
Modeling critical success factors of lean six sigma in higher education institutions	9
Sustain or perish: how lean manufacturing practices predict the sustainable performance of manufacturing SMEs? A moderated mediation analysis	9
Lean healthcare project in a pharmaceutical supply center: the context of primary healthcare	9
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings	9
Do green practices and technologies mediate lean manufacturing’s impact on industrial performance? Evidence from the European manufacturing survey	9
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation	9
Adopting Industry 4.0 technologies through lean tools: evidence from the European Manufacturing Survey	8
Standardizing Six Sigma Green Belt training: identification of the most frequently used measure phase DMAIC tools	8
Lean six sigma for health care: multiple case studies in Latin America	8
Lean manufacturing practices and industry 4.0 technologies in food manufacturing companies: the Greek case	8
A sustainable solution for lean barriers through a fuzzy DEMATEL methodology with a case study from the Indian manufacturing industry	8
Lean implementation case study for manual order picking and packing in warehousing operations	8
How to build a quality management climate in a small to medium enterprise: an action research project	8