... Limited 2009 Operations management Europe The organisation for operations management (OM) researchers in Europe, the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), is now well established. At the 2009 EurOMA conference, we were able to look back on 25 years of the development...

... Supply chain management Partnership Performance levels Suppliers Customers Europe Conventional wisdom among practitioners holds that companies enjoy significant performance improvements through supply chain (SC) collaboration. Likewise, SC management textbooks are extolling the virtues of SC...

...) over the same twelve‐month period. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Europe Japan Lean production Manufacturing Motor industry Performance This section will focus primarily on the performance of the European producers, although data from the Japanese plants will be included to provide...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1992 Europe Product development Production management New product development IJOPM 12,10 Impediments to Timely Delivery of New Products at an Industrial Products Firm 56 Received July 1991 Revised January 1992 Barry E. King Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana...

... Production methods Europe Reasons for the Renewed Popularity of Autonomous Work Groups Roel Schuring University of Twente, The Netherlands Autonomous Work Groups 61 Introduction Autonomous work groups are teams of, in most cases, seven to 15 employees who have shared authority and responsibility...

...Roger W. Schmenner; Boo Ho Rho For the plant manager there are many suggested remedies for increased plant productivity. Detailed survey data from 555 factories,principally in the US, Europe and Korea, are used to examine the factors that contribute to productivity. Regression analysis is employed...

...Kasra Ferdows; Jeffrey G. Miller; Jinichiro Nakane; Thomas E. Vollmann Large manufacturers in Western Europe, North America and Japan show similarities and differences in their manufacturing strategies. A survey of nearly 1,500 large manufacturers in these areas shows that they all place major...

...Arnoud De Meyer; Kasra Ferdows The integration of information systems within manufacturing, and between manufacturing and other functions, is a growing concern. A survey of 560 manufacturing companies in Europe, North America and Japan reveals that management is paying increasing attention...