IoT-driven Lean Manufacturing: a bibliometric analysis of the emerging literature

IoT is an important part of business digitalization. But companies already have LM tools in their factories, so their interaction must be key, they must benefit. The development of I4.0, with an IoT integrating LM tools, leads us to ask two questions in relation to current lines of research and which cluster scientific development is being grouped around. This is fundamental, which will allow companies to make decisions effectively and clearly. After detecting 147 publications related to our research, we carried out a bibliometric analysis and generated important network maps. They allowed us to find out the main authors, as well as countries that are collaborating intensively with each other. In addition, the analysis of the words gave rise to a series of work clusters that ratified the above and allow, together with the above, to answer the questions posed. The results may be interesting for continuing research and allowing decision-makers in companies to have the contrasting information necessary to move towards digitalization, smart manufacturing, and improve manufacturing performance and the use of LM tools.