Class information for:
Level 2: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE//TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT//SIX SIGMA

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
1970 5640 36.9 29%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
83 3       MANAGEMENT//PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED//BUSINESS 77967
1970 2             TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE//TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT//SIX SIGMA 5640
4026 1                   TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE//TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT//TQM 1861
6613 1                   LEAN PRODUCTION//LEAN MANUFACTURING//VALUE STREAM MAPPING 1464
17376 1                   BALANCED SCORECARD//PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM//PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 602
19866 1                   SIX SIGMA//DMAIC//SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY 486
30911 1                   COST OF QUALITY//QUALITY COSTS//CALCULATION OF QUALITY COSTS 161
31148 1                   AFG CHAIR EXCELLENCE BUSINESS TECHNOL//CHILDBEARING CONTINUUM//CQI HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 157
31406 1                   WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CLIN//3D GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION//40 PERSON SPECIAL PURPOSE PROCESSOR DEV GRP 153
32610 1                   GENERAL DESIGN//HYDRAULIC RAM PUMPS//LEAD TIME OF OPERATION 136
33558 1                   TECHNICS TECHNOLOGIES EDUCATION MANAGEMENT-TTEM//TECH MIHAJLO PUPIN//ANALYSES AND TRIALS 123
34719 1                   AMBULATORY CARE OUTPATIENT CARE//BUSINESS OFF PROMOT//CALIBER MATCHING 107
34749 1                   CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE//ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION//6 P FRAMEWORK 107
34835 1                   ADM INFORMAT STUDIES//ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS//ANGLO JAPANESE 105
34962 1                   PHARMA TECH OPERAT BIOL//QUALITY KPI//STERILE DRUG PROD MFG KAISERAUGST 104
36777 1                   MANAGEMENT CORP ECON//TALENT NURTURING//WEB BASED E MAIL 74

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE journal 1480703 10% 49% 562
2 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT journal 825288 5% 51% 300
3 SIX SIGMA authKW 620520 4% 52% 220
4 QUALITY PROGRESS journal 611029 5% 38% 301
5 LEAN PRODUCTION authKW 483610 3% 56% 161
6 TQM authKW 426049 3% 54% 145
7 LEAN MANUFACTURING authKW 393321 2% 54% 134
8 QUALITY MANAGEMENT authKW 244560 5% 17% 263
9 ISO 9000 authKW 236703 2% 50% 87
10 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT journal 224515 4% 17% 247

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Management 169877 38% 2% 2131
2 Engineering, Industrial 98012 23% 1% 1290
3 Operations Research & Management Science 54907 23% 1% 1272
4 Engineering, Manufacturing 34825 14% 1% 776
5 Engineering, General 10535 11% 0% 609
6 Business 10477 8% 0% 462
7 Health Policy & Services 1917 3% 0% 185
8 Industrial Relations & Labor 1196 1% 0% 73
9 Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications 844 4% 0% 222
10 Public Administration 617 1% 0% 69

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 MANAGEMENT PROD DESIGN 27061 0% 100% 5
2 EUROPEAN TQM 24352 0% 75% 6
3 ORG EXCELLENCE 22094 0% 58% 7
4 QUAL EXCELLENCE 21649 0% 100% 4
5 BUSINESS IND STAT IBIS UVA 21645 0% 67% 6
6 STRATEG MFG 21641 0% 50% 8
7 PHARMA TECH OPERAT BIOL 17317 0% 80% 4
8 MANAGEMENT 16843 7% 1% 370
9 CRISSPI 16236 0% 100% 3
10 IND SERV ENGN 16236 0% 100% 3

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS EXCELLENCE 1480703 10% 49% 562
2 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 825288 5% 51% 300
3 QUALITY PROGRESS 611029 5% 38% 301
4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT 224515 4% 17% 247
5 TECHNICS TECHNOLOGIES EDUCATION MANAGEMENT-TTEM 65930 1% 18% 66
6 PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL 57323 2% 8% 130
7 JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 56708 2% 12% 86
8 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER 41071 0% 29% 26
9 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH 33571 4% 3% 229
10 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 31715 2% 7% 90

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SIX SIGMA 620520 4% 52% 220 Search SIX+SIGMA Search SIX+SIGMA
2 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT 571380 4% 45% 233 Search TOTAL+QUALITY+MANAGEMENT Search TOTAL+QUALITY+MANAGEMENT
3 LEAN PRODUCTION 483610 3% 56% 161 Search LEAN+PRODUCTION Search LEAN+PRODUCTION
4 TQM 426049 3% 54% 145 Search TQM Search TQM
5 LEAN MANUFACTURING 393321 2% 54% 134 Search LEAN+MANUFACTURING Search LEAN+MANUFACTURING
6 QUALITY MANAGEMENT 244560 5% 17% 263 Search QUALITY+MANAGEMENT Search QUALITY+MANAGEMENT
7 ISO 9000 236703 2% 50% 87 Search ISO+9000 Search ISO+9000
8 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 208636 2% 34% 113 Search CONTINUOUS+IMPROVEMENT Search CONTINUOUS+IMPROVEMENT
9 BALANCED SCORECARD 195767 2% 32% 114 Search BALANCED+SCORECARD Search BALANCED+SCORECARD
10 VALUE STREAM MAPPING 154724 1% 62% 46 Search VALUE+STREAM+MAPPING Search VALUE+STREAM+MAPPING

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 BHAMU, J , SANGWAN, KS , (2014) LEAN MANUFACTURING: LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH ISSUES.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. VOL. 34. ISSUE 7. P. 876 -940 101 74% 15
2 EBRAHIMI, M , SADEGHI, M , (2013) QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE: AN ANNOTATED REVIEW.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH. VOL. 51. ISSUE 18. P. 5625-5643 77 91% 9
3 JASTI, NVK , KODALI, R , (2014) A LITERATURE REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN LEAN MANUFACTURING.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. VOL. 34. ISSUE 8. P. 1080 -1122 89 73% 4
4 BRADY, JE , ALLEN, TT , (2006) SIX SIGMA LITERATURE: A REVIEW AND AGENDA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.QUALITY AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL. VOL. 22. ISSUE 3. P. 335 -367 89 77% 52
5 NEGRAO, LLL , GODINHO, M , MARODIN, G , (2017) LEAN PRACTICES AND THEIR EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE: A LITERATURE REVIEW.PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL. VOL. 28. ISSUE 1. P. 33 -56 83 70% 0
6 MARODIN, GA , SAURIN, TA , (2013) IMPLEMENTING LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: RESEARCH AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE STUDIES.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH. VOL. 51. ISSUE 22. P. 6663 -6680 64 85% 16
7 CAMACHO-MINANO, MD , MOYANO-FUENTES, J , SACRISTAN-DIAZ, M , (2013) WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH ON LEAN MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT?.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH. VOL. 51. ISSUE 4. P. 1098-1116 77 73% 9
8 COSTA, LBM , GODINHO, M , (2016) LEAN HEALTHCARE: REVIEW, CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE.PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL. VOL. 27. ISSUE 10. P. 823 -836 54 81% 0
9 MOYANO-FUENTES, J , SACRISTAN-DIAZ, M , (2012) LEARNING ON LEAN: A REVIEW OF THINKING AND RESEARCH.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. VOL. 32. ISSUE 5-6. P. 551 -582 60 67% 25
10 CALVO-MORA, A , PICON, A , RUIZ, C , CAUZO, L , (2014) THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOFT-HARD TQM FACTORS AND KEY BUSINESS RESULTS.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. VOL. 34. ISSUE 1. P. 115 -143 43 86% 16

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 1751 MANUFACTURING STRATEGY//ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS//ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING
2 4115 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AREA//JOURNAL OF GLASS STUDIES//INTERFIRM COMPARISONS
3 1601 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT//HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT//EXPATRIATES
4 245 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT//OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE//INVENTORY
5 3881 ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY//POLITICAL RISK//POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
6 1515 ORGANIZATION//MANAGEMENT//ORGANIZATION STUDIES
7 455 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE//MIS QUARTERLY
8 657 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS//CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY//ETHICS
9 17 BUSINESS//MANAGEMENT//STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
10 1212 JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING DESIGN//QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT//RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN

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