...Geert Van Hootegem; Rik Huys; Anne Delarue Volvo's car assembly plant in Ghent, Belgium, is currently experiencing turbulent times. The plant is implementing the biggest expansion in its history, with plans to almost double its production capacity in 2004. Moreover, Ford is increasingly...

... ; Souder and Sherman, 1993) may create an organizational barrier. Interface management Design Manufacturing systems Belgium Secondly, the perceived illegitimacy of product development may cause an organizational barrier (Dougherty and Heller, 1994 ; Griffin and Hauser, 1996 ; Souder...

... Belgium Contrary to project management, which is a concept that is clearly understood by both academics and practitioners, programme management seems to be a term that has not reached this maturity yet. The results of a survey carried out by e‐Programme.com [1] early 2001 illustrate the confusion...

... to fluctuation in the utilization pattern of another resource. Furthermore, limitations on the capability of one resource to serve patients has an impact on the service capacity of other resources (Siferd and Benton, 1992). Scheduling Hospitals Belgium From an operations management point of view...